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The coolest thing about our state system—and the thing politicians often forget—is that citizens of every state has a distinct personality which can make it hospitable or inhospitable to visitors, based on attitude. I think ‎Rebecca Sealfon (חנה צפון)‎ said it best:It’s actually a really interesting measure of how far you’re willing to go outside your own political echo chamber. Because you have to go to states of very different political leanings to win…. Moral: Get out of your state!What’s encouraging about these answers is the lack of bias towards ‘flyover states’ and the South, which I see a lot on Quora. What I do see here is a lot of shit talk on Pennsylvania. So forgive me for opining on my home state a bit—a state with such geographic and demographic diversity that it’s been swinging for the past century.Pennsylvania is not just an interstate. It’s home to the Gettysburg Address, two hockey, football and baseball teams, the Carnegie Library system, Hershey Chocolate, and our U.S. Constitution. Ever used a computer, read a newspaper, listened to commercial radio, flicked a Zippo lighter, rode a Ferris wheel, visited a zoo or saluted our flag? ALL of those things came from Pennsylvania.[1][1][1][1] Pennsylvania literally built America as we know it.So if you drove through without stopping, you’re kinda missing out.Growing up in the Paris of Appalachia gave me countless historical sites, summer camps at local colleges, a deep intrinsic love of baseball, and an appreciation for smaller, walkable, livable cities.[2][2][2][2] Friends from actual suburbs are always shocked at the personality, beauty, and cultural richness of the onetime City of Champions.It’s called the Keystone State for a reason—living there means boundless access. Most of the states on my list come from my Dad’s interest in history, which he imparted to me from a young age. I’ve been to over fifteen Civil War battlefields and can name 10 generals on each side thanks to him. I can tell stories about people I’ve met and foods I’ve tasted. So the following are not airport hops or gas station bathrooms. Each of them are national treasures with local character. Each has something to offer if you’re willing to look.Alabama—visited Birmingham-Southern College for a scholarship competition. Marveled at how fast everyone talks. Will never forget the admissions counselor who told me in his lovely accent, “looks like you did better than you thought you did!” To this day if I’ve underestimated my abilities, Dad says I “Tyler Peterson’d” Fun Fact: home to an incredible music scene at Muscle Shoals—Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Etta James. The sound of America.Arizona—rode Western here at age 9. Horse cantered down the mountain because of drunk hikers and my Mom went berserk. Probably most fun I’ve ever had. Fun Fact: Sedona is home to Snoopy Rock, which looks like Peanuts’ Snoopy sleeping on his doghouse.Arkansas—my Alma Mater, Hendrix College, where annually a bunch of Southern kids file into a room the most famous student drag show in the country. Where we’d drive all night to eat at Whataburger or see a show across the river in Memphis. Where I learned to pee in meadows, ride a 4-wheeler, unpack relationship woes at the local Waffle House. Fun Fact: speaking of cross-dressing, Petit Jean State Park, pronounced Petty Jeen, was named after a French explorer who disguised herself as a male to join an expedition through the deep South. After a long illness, she died in the care of Native Americans there, and the mountain was named after her.California—sailed San Francisco bay with my cousins, one of which is the first female captain of the sailing team at UC Santa Cruz (go Slugs!) If you’re a twentysomething navigating urban life, definitely read Tales from the City, Armistead Maupin’s timeless series on San Francisco. Fun Fact: it’s been the only state to host the Summer and Winter Olympics.Colorado—home to 21 seasons South Park (and don’t forget Cannibal! the Musical.) Only been here to snowboard—you can’t beat that pow—but would love to visit my best friend in the desert someday. Fun Fact: The New Yorker recently named Grand Junction the most conservative locale in America. Guess where my buddy lives?Connecticut—visited for a field hockey game against Mount Holyoke in college. Below is a photo of us winning that game. I remember being really excited to visit where a season of The Office took place. Even though I’m from Pennsylvania…Fun Fact: women could enter golf tournaments in Connecticut before they could vote. Maybe that’s where Jordan, of Great Gatsby fame, became a champion?Delaware—my all time favorite drive-in, Dilly’s Corner, is right across the river. Been to the beach a couple times. Fun Fact: first—and now most rare—state quarter. Hold onto one if you find it!Florida—vacationed to West Palm a few times with my mom and college teammates. Somehow dressed nice enough to bike to the Breakers, crash their basketball courts, then have a drink at the Aquarium bar. Saw A Raisin in the Sun at Dramaworks, a favorite theater of WSJ critic Terry Teachout (and where he premiered Billy and Me) Fun Fact: Fort Jefferson on Dry Tortugas National Park was never finished, its 520-gun artillery never used.Georgia—many memories of visiting Savannah and Augusta with my parents, eating crab for the first time and looking for used bookstores. Not to mention Atlanta, home to festivals like Music Midtown, Shaky Knees, A3C (been to ’em all) the hit FX show, and one of the best rap duos of our time. Fun Fact: the original Waffle House opened in Avondale Estates in 1955. A museum is run in this location and to this day FEMA judges a state of emergency based on the number of Waffle Houses that have closed in that location.Idaho—a fairly recent visit, for Treefort music festival in 2015 (Boise) and a cross-West road trip with Dad in 2017 (Wallace.) To me, Idaho is a step into the past. The pace seems slower here, the restaurants fewer, as people pursue time with their families and home cooked meals. Here’s Dad with The Statesman, a vintage car from GM. Fun Fact: the state seal is the only tone to be designed by a woman, and it was the fourth state in the Union to grant women the right to vote.Illinois—not, contrary to popular belief, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright (that honor belongs to Wisconsin.) My Dad was a Chicago Maroon, so I’ve been to that city a few times and recently for a bachelorette party. Of course no Civil War education is complete without a trip to Springfield, which I found quaint and lovely even though I was pretty young. As it turns out Dad’s also a huge fan of Ronald Reagan, so I’ve been to his alma mater in Eureka. Fun Fact: Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are working on a movie version of Erik Larson’s Devil in the White City, about the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. That’s also where the Ferris Wheel first made its appearance (designed by George Ferris, of Pittsburgh.)Indiana—attended a really fun scholarship competition at Hanover College and was offered really early admission (junior year of high school.) Didn’t take them up on it, but it was tempting to move to this idyllic river town. Driving through I spotted a town called Bland, IN which is funny no matter what state you’re in. Fun Fact: Gary, Indiana isn’t just the Jacksons’ hometown. It’s also a song in The Music Man.Kentucky—met a long-distance boyfriend halfway for an art walk and ice skating in Lexington. Stayed at an adorable historic bed and breakfast. Everyone’s really nice here and man do they like whiskey. Fun Fact: when we played Transylvania University in college their team bus had a huge ‘TRANSY’ flag flying atop it. To this day I don’t know what the LGBT movement had to say about it, but it gave us a chuckle at the time.Louisiana—when I was a music writer, one of the worst interviews of my life took place in Baton Rouge. Still, an exciting river town with brilliant food and lots of gambling options for some reason. Plan to have my bachelorette party in the Big Easy. Fun Fact: the 1st Louisiana Native guard was formed by free people of color in New Orleans during the Civil War. 1500 people signed up to fight for the Confederacy, and just ten percent would defect when the Union took the city. If you’d like to learn more about black Confederates, feel free to ask for my undergrad thesis.Maryland—been to Antietam battlefield and Monocacy. Next on my list is Fort McHenry, where Fun Fact: the Star Spangled Banner was written during the War of 1812!Massachusetts—grandma lives in this forested neck of the woods. I remember visiting her and watching our cardigan corgi splash in the local lakes. Last year I had the opportunity to visit Fenway Park, the Sam Adams brewery (free tour! Don’t miss it!) and a couple National Park sites in Salem. My favorite author, Henry James, had a house in Beacon Hill (though there’s no plaque or anything.) Fun Fact: Boston is home to America’s first subway system, opened in 1987. Can you imagine Henry James or Edith Wharton riding the subway? Because I can’t.Michigan—where my boyfriend, half the employees at Microsoft, and Bell’s beer comes from! Apple cider and doughnuts is a tradition here. Attended Hillsdale College for a semester and received the most hilarious parking ticket of my life when I parked on a rectangular patch of grass and the snow melted. Was also blacklisted at Sigma Chi for “two-timing” a couple pledges, but that’s a story for another answer. Later snuck in and stole their handbook. Scary stuff. Fun Fact: Corn Flakes were invented in Battle Creek, where Kellogg’s is still headquartered today.Minnesota—stayed here for a research conference in college, then drove through on the aforementioned trip with Dad. Safe to say I’ve learned more about this state from A Prairie Home Companion and Laura Ingalls Wilder than my own experience. But I like that they serve popcorn at bars. Fun Fact: Winona Ryder’s namesake is Winona, Minnesota.Mississippi—the food, the literature, Americana Music Triangle, what’s not to love about Mississippi?? Okay, lynchings. Lynchings were definitely a problem in Mississippi. Having bicycled the Natchez Trace and met Tom Franklin at Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi remains one of my all-time favorite states in the Union with some of my favorite people. That said, my experience is likely very different from others. Fun Fact: Mississippi didn’t abolish slavery until 2013.Missouri—played field hockey in St. Louis, saw Phoenix play at the beautiful Uptown Theater in Kansas City. Started the Oregon Trail in Independence (virtually, of course.) I guess the hyperloop is happening here and it’s got a state dinosaur. Fun Fact: Eight different states border Missouri but I’ve only been to half of them.Montana—people do not mess around here. What I mean is if you’re driving on 90 and you see an exit that might have a gas station, maybe, they will alleviate your hopes with a NO SERVICES sign. I just think that’s hilarious. It’s like saying don’t stop here. FOR LOCALS ONLY! Dad and I had a great time naming the visible mountain peaks and visiting Little Bighorn National Battlefield. Billings, Bozeman, Missoula are all cool cities with interesting stories and architecture. Plus the beer scene is hoppin. Fun Fact: according to Mental Floss, “Yellowstone National Park existed 20 years before Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming were officially granted statehood”New Jersey—lived here for the first six years of my life, specifically in Jersey City, when my Dad was Chief of Staff to Mayor Brett Schundler. Have vacationed in Ocean Grove many a time, enjoying the neon signs and roadside burgers, actually, Fun Fact: New Jersey boats the highest volume of diners in the WORLD and neon artist Kellie Talbot considers it her favorite place to paint:New York—the state that shaped me in so many ways, being where my parents met, where I was born, where my first schooling took place (in Greenwich Village) and where I learned to snowboard (Holiday Valley) and underage drink (Buffalo, duh.) But one of my favorite experiences was kayaking the Hudson with my Aunt, Mom, and boyfriend a couple years ago. There’s so many ways and reasons to leave the city. Get after it! Fun Fact: over 250 television shows have been set in New York City, and no, not all of them were created by Dick Wolf.North Carolina—for me it’s Southern-Lite. With lovely walkable towns like Davidson, Winston-Salem and Asheville it boats some hospitality but in between, it’s mostly suburbs, and many here have lost their accent. What’s really great about NC is its proximity to both mountains and ocean. Plus Mount Airy—the Andy Griffith town Mayberry is based off of—has a replica jail cell where you can pretend Barney Fife has locked you up. I guess that counts as a Fun Fact.Ohio—gets a lot of hate it doesn’t deserve. What other state has four respectable metro areas so close to each other, beautiful state parks in between? I’m partial since I went to summer camp at the College of Wooster, where I played violin 9 hours a day and air hockey the other two. Still, the Cleveland Tourism Video will always make me giggle. Fun Fact: Cedar Point’s Millennium Force in Sandusky broke six world records when it opened and reaches speeds of up to 93 miles an hour. It’s the third longest coaster in the nation (behind the Beast and Fury 325 cc: Sai Kiran Bhagavatula) and when I got stuck on it I fainted after riding four times.Oklahoma—home to a really sweet Native art collection in Tulsa and a wildlife preserve called Woolaroc, which was built by oil magnate Frank Philips and designed to preserve Oklahoma frontier culture. You guessed it, I went there with my Dad. Fun Fact: Frank Lloyd Wright’s only skyscraper, Price Tower, is located in Oklahoma. And no, it’s not worth the trip.Oregon—bikes, beers, bookstores. Everyone in Oregon is happy you’re there and can’t wait to feed you various farm-raised deliciousness. If you ever see Jacobsen Salt, Stumptown Coffee or Tillamook Cheese, BUY IT. Portland has some of the best public transit I’ve seen and is very, very friendly to cyclists. Been to Mount St. Helens and Crater Lake is on the list. Fun Fact: despite not being an official “Gold Rush” site, Oregon is home to more ghost towns than any other state. And no, that doesn’t include Rajneeshpuram, which is now a Young Life retreat.Pennsylvania—I highly doubt if you’ve read this far you want more facts on Pennsylvania.South Carolina—ah, South Carolina. Seat of Secession. Home of the Gamecocks. Droopy Spanish Moss trees abound. And of course Charleston, the scene of much of my early twenties shenanigans, including breaking into the Meeting Street Best Western pool at 2am and visiting seven karaoke bars in one week. Thunderstorms that look like Independence Day and balconies that look like exposed hallways. That can be the Fun Fact: what look like sideways balconies were actually a clever way for architects in the 19th century to ventilate outdoor parties in this city by the sea. Full disclosure, I was a park ranger at Fort Sumter National Monument, so my fun fact capacity knows no bounds when it comes to this state. But in many ways my feelings transcend words. So I’ll let the cast of Bravo’s Southern Charm take over:South Dakota—really, really upset I missed the Laura Ingalls Wilder museum here, but our afternoon in the Badlands and evening in Rapid City (plus a subsequent break-in to Mount Rushmore) will lodge South Dakota forever in my memory. Fun Fact: each street corner in Rapid City has a bronze statue of a U.S. President. Dad got real upset when he rushed up to who he thought was Ronald Reagan, only to realize it was Clinton.Tennessee—Shiloh National Battlefield is my favorite Civil War site, as I read Shelby Foote’s account of the battle in sixth grade. But Tennessee is so much more than just music, history, and interstates. There’s no shortage of fried chicken and friendly folks to share it with. The backcountry’s a melting pot of all kinds of people drawn to the forested seclusion—I once met a dude with a Mexican-Tennessee accent. Fun Fact: Elvis Presley may have made his name at Sun Record Studios in Memphis, but he actually hails from the small town of Tupelo, Mississippi, where his Mom bought him his first guitar at a hardware store.Texas—another state whose variant cultures don’t match its national or international perception. If I rattled off a list of my favorite people, most of them would come from Texas. Come for the delicious fusion foods in Austin, stay for the Western horseback riding south of Banderas. Fun Fact: Six Flags theme parks take their name from the six flags which flew over Texas—when it was an independent country, a territory of Spain/Mexico/France, a Confederate State, and finally a state of the Union.Virginia—I was waitlisted at Washington & Lee University after an interesting interview, during which the head of diversity and inclusion revealed to me she’d once held inner-city recruitment day on the weekend of Robert E. Lee’s birthday, which led to a ton of families getting right back in their cars and going home. Following the protests in Charlottesville and removal of Confederate statues, the environment is a little fraught, but I have only good memories of visiting the historic sites in this state. Fun Fact: West Virginia became a state after moving to secede from the seceding Virginia, in 1861.Washington—it’s where I live now! I think Washington has the inverse of the Texas problem. People think of Seattle and extrapolate it to the rest of the state, which is simply not the way things are. People who live here joke that if you cut the state in half the East would be part of Idaho, and it makes a lot of sense in terms of geography and political sensibility. Actually witnessed an active crime scene when we stayed in Walla Walla, somebody was literally murdered in the hotel room next to us. At that same hotel we were admonished for asking a couple little kids what they were going to be for Halloween. So yeah, very different from Seattle. Fun Fact: Washington was originally going to be called Columbia, but legislators didn’t want people to get it mixed up with the District of Columbia. Hmmmmm…West Virginia—if you do nothing else in West Virginia, visit Harper’s Ferry. This tiny town where John Brown led his famous armory raid in 1859 directly led to the Civil War, and his hanging was presided over by none other than Robert E. Lee, acting in his capacity as a Union Colonel. If you’re not a fan of dry history books, read James McBride’s The Good Lord Bird for a thrilling account of the battle. It’s shocking to see the size of the building Brown’s men defended for almost two days. It’s also just a beautiful place, like a mini-Pittsburgh between two rivers. Fun Fact: the concept of Mother’s Day comes from West Virginia.Wisconsin—Dad’s from Whitewater, and his Dad is buried in Madison Cemetery, next to his high school, Madison East. It’s an unexpectedly contentious place politically, and we grabbed happy hour at one bar that showed CNN on one side and Fox News on the other. Fun Fact: aside from Frank Lloyd Wright, Stephen Ambrose was considered Wisconsin’s foremost son, until it was revealed in 2002 he’d copied large passages from another work to complete his own.Wyoming—another home of Yellowstone National Park, John Steinbeck wrote in Travels with Charley his dog went absolutely mental once they entered the park, perhaps because he sighted or sniffed out a bear. My short time in the state was much less exciting, as I left a disposable camera at the Gillette Village Inn and had to send them a SASE to get it back. The Mustang Motel had a pretty cool sign, though. Fun Fact: Wyoming elected the United States’ first female governor in 1925, but hasn’t had one since.Well there you have it, folks. A tidbit of every state I’ve visited, plus reference materials. Speaking of which, the vast majority of the fun facts came either from my brain or Mental Floss, which published 2 awesome state series you all should read. The one about Kentucky is my personal favorite.TL;DR—Hell yeah I’d win the electoral college, thanks in large part to the efforts of my dear old Dad. And I’d connect with voters on a personal level. More than eating at the local McDonald’s ever could.Footnotes[1] Pennsylvania State Facts - 50States.com[1] Pennsylvania State Facts - 50States.com[1] Pennsylvania State Facts - 50States.com[1] Pennsylvania State Facts - 50States.com[2] The Economist names Pittsburgh the Most Livable City (on the mainland) again[2] The Economist names Pittsburgh the Most Livable City (on the mainland) again[2] The Economist names Pittsburgh the Most Livable City (on the mainland) again[2] The Economist names Pittsburgh the Most Livable City (on the mainland) again

There are many studies out there that prove the wage gap exists even after accounting for control variables, like maternity leave.Before I answer your question, I’d like to straighten out your botched understanding of the topics in your question, especially since you aren’t operating in good faith and your narrative appears to be nefarious in its intent.These are some of the invalidating arguments people tend make about the gender wage gap:“Men are more ambitious/Men work harder”: [1] [2]The workforce participation rate between women and men is at ~14%75% of single mothers are sole breadwinnersWomen are working outside the home in the largest rates ever, but also are more likely to be in charge of:childrendomestic houseworktaking care of other family membersvolunteer more on average then men2. “Women take more time off work/maternal leave”:An ICEDR global study found that: [3]Company bosses/CEOs/managers believe that women will leave their jobs at 30Women are not seen as good longterm investments because people assume that all women want to have babies and/or want to be stay at home moms [4]Ironically, women are more likely to leave a job because they found one that pays betterWomen who do leave their jobs to have children pay a 4% wage penalty per child [5]PayScale recently collected data from over 1.4 million workers - the data showed: [5]the wage gap in median earnings for women with children is 31%Married men with children get the highest pay among male earners ($67,900) - men typically experience an increase in pay after becoming fathers3. “Women should develop better negotiating skills”:“Just ask for a raise” [6]Women worry that pushing for more money will damage their image. Research shows they're right to be concerned: Both male and female managers are less likely to want to work with women who negotiate during a job interview.Women are seen as bossy, ungrateful and pushy when they ask for a raise and are 4x more likely to experience enduring negative views by their boss then men are after asking [7] [8]4. “Men just have more experience/education”:Women are currently graduating from college at higher rates then men are [9]Women are also going to graduate school at higher rates than men.Regardless, Georgetown's Center on Education and the Workforce found that men who had completed a little college but lacked a degree earn the same as women with a B.A. [9]In order for women to make as much as men with a B.A., women need to have a Ph. D.Women that spend longer amounts of time in the workforce experience the biggest gaps in pay to peers that are men [10]Women in their late 20s: earn ~92% of what their male peers receiveWomen in their early 50s: earn ~71% of a man's wages in the same fieldThe more women progress in their careers, the larger the pay gapThe biggest pay gap is at the executive level5. “Men go after the higher paying jobs”:True, but this is because men tend to be favored and they already dominate careers that pay the mostCareers that tend to be dominated by women (nursing, social work and teaching) are less compensated than the careers men dominateThis doesn’t reflect skill - it reflects gendered preconceptions, or in other words, society’s understanding of what work is valuableWhat is seen as feminine is undervalued, what is seen as masculine is overvalued.Regardless, physicians that are woman and that work the same amount of time in the same field make ~24% less than than their peers that are men in that field [11] [12]Edit: after reading a comment regarding this section of my answer, I thought I should explore this topic more thoroughly:One of the biggest studies done on variables found in the gender wage gap regarding job type and gender, Occupational Feminization and Pay: Assessing Causal Dynamics Using 1950–2000 U.S. Census Data [13][13][13][13], further backs up the trend that when more women move into a specific job sector that men traditionally/currently dominate(d), the wage decreases.This study’s controlled variables included:Level of educationWork experienceWork skillsRaceLocationDemand of jobThe overwhelming evidence shows that the work women do is placed at a lower value across the board.In an interview with The New York Times, England, the co author of this study, said:It’s not that women are always picking lesser things in terms of skill and importance. It’s just that the employers are deciding to pay it less.The New York Times explores the findings from Occupational Feminization and Pay: Assessing Causal Dynamics Using 1950–2000 U.S. Census Data by looking into specific careers: [14][14][14][14]Examples of jobs that show a decrease in wage when women start to enter a field at higher rates then men:…In the field of recreation — working in parks or leading camps — which went from predominantly male to female from 1950 to 2000:Median hourly wages in this field declined 57%, accounting for the change in the value of the dollar, according to a complex formula used by Professor Levanon.The job of ticket agent also went from mainly male to female during this period:Wages dropped 43%The same thing happened when women in large numbers became designers:Wages fell 34%Housekeepers:Wages fell 21%Biologists:Wages fell 18%The reverse was true when a job attracted more men.The New York Times continues on, saying the following points may influence the gender wage gap:Today, differences in the type of work men and women do account for 51% of the pay gapLarger portion than in 1980, according to definitive new research by Francine D. Blau and Lawrence M. Kahn, economists at Cornell.Women have moved into historically male jobs much more in white-collar fields than in blue-collar ones.Yet the gender pay gap is largest in higher-paying white-collar jobs, Ms. Blau and Mr. Kahn found…Of the 30 highest-paying jobs, including:chief executivearchitectcomputer engineer,26 are male-dominated, according to Labor Department data analyzed by Emily Liner, the author of the Third Way report.Of the 30 lowest-paying ones, including food server, housekeeper and child-care worker, 23 are female dominated.Many differences that contributed to the pay gap have diminished or disappeared since the 1980s:Women over all now obtain more education than men and have almost as much work experience.Women moved from clerical to managerial jobs and became slightly more likely than men to be union members.Both of these changes helped improve wage parity, Ms. Blau’s and Mr. Kahn’s research said.Yes, women sometimes voluntarily choose lower-paying occupations because they are drawn to work that happens to pay less, like caregiving or nonprofit jobs, or because they want less demanding jobs because they have more family responsibilities outside of work.…many social scientists say there are other factors, like:gender biassocial pressure, that bring down wages for women’s work.Other research, has found that any occupation that involves caregiving, like nursing or preschool teaching, pays less, even after controlling for the disproportionate share of female workers.After sifting through the data, Ms. Blau and Mr. Kahn concluded that pure discrimination may account for 38% of the gender pay gap.Discrimination could also indirectly cause an even larger portion of the pay gapFor instance, by discouraging women from pursuing high-paying, male-dominated careers in the first place.“Some of it undoubtedly does represent the preferences of women, either for particular job types or some flexibility, but there could be barriers to entry for women and these could be very subtle,” Ms. Blau said. “It could be because the very culture and male dominance of the occupation acts as a deterrent.”For example, social factors may be inducing more women than men to choose lower-paying but geographically flexible jobs, she and Mr. Kahn found.Even though dual-career marriages are now the norm, couples are more likely to choose their location based on the man’s job, since men earn more.This factor is both a response to and a cause of the gender pay gap.The New York Times article concludes with the following:Men and women are paid differently not just when they do different jobs but also when they do the same work.Research by Claudia Goldin, a Harvard economist, has found that a pay gap persists within occupations.Female physicians:earn 71% of what male physicians earnlawyers earn 82%It happens across professions:This month, the union that represents Dow Jones journalists announced that its female members working full time at Dow Jones publications made 87 cents for every dollar earned by their full-time male colleagues.Ms. Liner of Third Way said…give priority to people’s talents and interests when choosing careers, even if it means going outside gender norms…for instance encouraging girls to be engineers and boys to be teachers.An example of men getting paid more when they have jobs that are traditionally linked to women would be chefs.Stacy J. Williams, who has a Ph. D. in sociology, explains why women are constantly put at a disadvantage in the job market: [15][15][15][15]Since women spend more than twice as much time in home kitchens than men do, it seems strange that there are so few women in professional kitchens. Many social forces, ranging from the organization of professional kitchens to cultural ideas about women and cooking, can help explain the phenomenon.Mary Blair-Loy has written that there is a cultural “family devotion schema,” or a widespread cultural belief that women’s primary commitments should be to home and family.These expectations do not apply to men; instead, men are expected to have women partners who complete this care work.These cultural beliefs, combined with the historical definition of feeding the family as women’s work, contribute to the continued tendency for women to cook more often in the home.Many professional kitchens also have a culture of masculinity that is not welcoming to women. In 2011, 37% of the sexual discrimination cases that were reported to the federal government involved restaurants…Further, these men are concerned that women can’t “pull their weight” in a fast-paced kitchen environment that is built on teamwork and camaraderie. To prove that they are a useful part of the team, women often have to go above and beyond the required work and take on extra shifts. These behaviors and attitudes among the mostly male cooks and chefs make many women feel uncomfortable and unwelcome, turning the professional kitchen into a workplace where women feel they do not fit.The cultural understandings of women and food, combined with a workplace structure that is inhospitable to women and employees with family responsibilities, present significant obstacles to women chefs. Even though women are considered the authorities of home kitchens, they have a more difficult time gaining equal footing with men in restaurant kitchens. Despite these obstacles, there are women who defy these cultural expectations and compete in the restaurant world. Yet when these women aren’t portrayed as mothers or sex objects, they receive media attention for being outliers in a male-dominated occupation.NPR further explores this phenomenon: [16][16][16][16]Women have historically been told their place is in the kitchen — but not as chefs: According to statistics from the U.S. Labor Department, to this day, only about 20 percent of chefs are women.It all harks back to the fact that being a chef was not as glamorous as it is today, says Deborah Harris, a sociology professor at Texas State University…It might come as a surprise to some that back in the day, in 18th and 19th century France, being a chef was the opposite of being a celebrity."It was a really low-status career," says Harris. In response, she says, male chefs made a big deal about "differentiating between the cultural, high-status, intellectual cooking of men, and the low-status, every day work of women."The Austin Chronicle pointed out the prevailing glass ceiling women experience in an industry they used to dominate: [17][17][17][17]A full 45% of people working in the culinary industry are women, yet women hold less than 10% of the top positions…Most successful chefs are fairly compulsive about their work, women no less than men. And it definitely takes that sort of compulsive dedication to advance through the ranks…But is it really harder for a woman than it is for man?Only in the past two decades has cooking become a glamorous profession…The image of the chef has changed radically in the past decade, though, and there is a certain romantic allure to the field. Today's chefs are educated -- many hold graduate degrees from Ivy League universities. They appear on television, travel all over the world, and lecture on topics relating to food, social science, history, and literature.More evidence of discrimination in the food industry: [18][18][18][18]A new study from pay transparency web site Glassdoor finds female chefs make 28.3 percent less in base pay than their male colleagues. That's the second-highest "adjusted" percentage among the careers included in the study.Glassdoor analyzed more than 505,000 salaries shared by full-time U.S. employees to come up with its findings. The research determined 33 percent of the gap in pay between men and women in the United States is linked to "possible workplace gender bias."Not only are women making less in the kitchen, they seem to be far less likely to earn prestigious accolades for their work. Out of the 211 semifinalists for the James Beard Foundation's regional Best Chef awards in 2016, 30 were women — that's a paltry 14 percent. In the Midwest, all 22 semifinalists were men. The recognition disparity is nothing new. In 2013, Time magazine published a "Gods of Food" issue that was so male dominated, it became known as "Dudes of Food."Dr. Andrew Chamberlain, who wrote the study for Glassdoor, says "occupation and industry sorting of men and women into jobs that pay differently" is the main cause for the gender pay gap across all professions in the United States. That doesn't necessarily explain the pay gap in kitchens because "chef" can be a vague term…The New York Times calls out the sexism seen in the restaurant industry: [19][19][19][19]For decades, chefs of both sexes believed that inequality was inevitable. The same stereotypes used to keep women out of armed combat, off the judicial bench and out of medical school were invoked to explain why women didn’t stick it out in the kitchen. The work, it was said, is too physically demanding and psychologically grueling; the hours were too incompatible with family life…One big question — why even women who make it to the top rank of chefs struggle for recognition — has often been posed, and never fully answered…“We are the quiet power behind the throne,” Ms. Chan said. “But sometimes everyone gets tired of being quiet.”6. “Who Cares?”:With controlled variables (career level, skills, etc.) the gender wage gap is ~8–5% [20]This means that college-educated women who work full time will earn ~$500,000 less than their male peers do over their lifetime [21]>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Now I’ll move on to answering your question about the “spending gap”.In general, it is more expensive to be a woman because of unfair androcentric marketing/retail/economic concepts.So, not only do women get paid less than men on average, even when they have the same job/education level/time working/experience/skill, etc., they also have to pay more for basic items then men pay.French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir eloquently said:If the man’s the norm and the woman "different," then men’s products too are considered the "normal version." Women’s products are therefore considered to be more special, luxurious versions, and are consequently more expensive.6 basic examples of women “spending more”: [22][22][22][22]Mortgages:A 2011 study published in the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics found that women, on average, pay more for mortgages than men, with the mean mortgage interest rates for women coming in 0.4% higher than for men.“The disparity cannot be fully explained by traditional variables such as mortgage features, borrower characteristics, and market conditions,” the authors write.In other words, women with credit scores and other qualifying factors similar to men pay more for their mortgages.For a 30-year mortgage, that could mean a man pays $26,000 less in interest over the life of the loan than a woman (assuming he gets a 5% mortgage rate while she gets a 5.4% rate).2. Dry Cleaning:Not all items are more expensive for women to get dry-cleaned — suits, blazers and slacks tend to have similar prices — but shirts are, according to the study published in the journal Gender Issues in 2011.The average price to clean a men’s shirt was $2.06, while it was $3.95 for a woman’s shirt — and that’s before considering the added cost of shirts made from special fabric like silk or rayon, or with embellishments like sequins or pleats.“The observed pricing disparity is for identical shirts except that one is labeled a ‘men’s’ shirt while the other is a ‘women’s’ shirt,” the authors write.This means that if a man and woman got one shirt dry cleaned per month for 10 years, on average, it would cost a man $247.20 in today’s dollars, while a woman would end up paying $474.3. Haircuts & hair care products:As almost every woman knows, getting a haircut costs far more for women than for men.A study by economist Liston-Heyes found that even for the same haircut, women paid more than men.“We started calling different hairdressers and explicitly said we had the same haircut [as a man],” she says.Still, she says, in almost every case, the price for the woman’s cut was more than a price for a man’s cut.A 1996 study done in New York City had similar findings: Nearly half of hair salons charged women more for a simple haircut. (New York City now prohibits gender-based pricing, though the practice persists.)Liston-Heyes says that this may be because, on average, it takes more time and effort for salons to cut women’s hair than men’s hair, so when they create their pricing structure, they make women’s cuts more expensive.What’s more, the 2015 study by the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs found that the largest price discrepancy between men’s and women’s products existed for shampoo and conditioner (women, on average, paid 48% more for a similar product)4. Deodorant and other personal care products:Stopping odor is a pricier proposition for women than for men, according to a 2011 study published in the journal Gender Issues.While on the surface, prices for a stick of deodorant for men and women seem the same (roughly $3.15 per stick), men’s deodorant sticks tend to be larger than women’s (2.86 ounces vs. 2.29 ounces).This means that, on average, women pay $1.44 per ounce of deodorant, compared with $1.15 for men — a difference of about 20%.Among the other pricier products for women:Razor cartridges and razors cost more for women than men by an average of 11%, according to the NYC study of similar women’s and men’s productsBody wash costs 6% more.“Of all the industries analyzed, personal care had the highest premium for women, with products costing, on average, 13% more than personal care products for men,” the study concluded.“Women’s and men’s deodorant are the same,” says New York City-based dermatologist Dennis Gross.“If you check the label there are the same active ingredients at the same percentage based on FDA regulations.”5. Cars:A 2001 study published in The American Economic Review found that car dealers made better initial offers to white men than to white women (more than $200 lower) and black women (more than $400 lower).What’s more, the final markup was about 50% higher for white women than for white menMore than 100% higher for black women.“Without any negotiating at all, two out of five white males obtained a better offer than their counterparts achieved after bargaining on average for more than forty minutes,” the authors write.6. Clothing:Adult women, on average, pay 8% more for their clothes than men do.The largest price discrepancies were in shirts (15%), dress shirts (13%) and jeans (10%).The Pink Tax: [23][23][23][23]Whether it's razors, dry cleaning or toys, women still pay more for those gender-specific items than men, studies show…"Price discrimination adds another layer to the wage inequality women face, making it harder sometimes for women to make ends meet," said Surina Khan, CEO of the Women’s Foundation of California, a group devoted to advancement of gender equality.The Bureau of Labor Statistics said that in the decade between 2004 and 2014, women earned 80% to 83% as much as men.The Pink Tax, so named because of the color of products directly marketed to girls & women, is the price difference for female centered products compared with gender neutral goods or those marketed to men. And even though the issue has been around for decades, it is still profound.In late 2015, the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs published a study comparing nearly 800 products from more than 90 brands, looking for price differences in items marketed to different genders.On average, products for women or girls cost 7% more than comparable products for men and boys.For example:Apparel:Girls' clothing cost 4% more than boys, and women's clothing cost 8% more than men’s.Toys:Girls' toys and accessories cost an average of 7% more than boys' toys.Separately, a side-by-side comparison of two Radio Flyer My 1st Scooters showed this: A red scooter cost $24.99 and a pink scooter cost $49, despite them being identical in all other ways.Personal care:Women's personal care products also cost 13% more than men’s, according to the department's study.Normally, consumers look to supply and demand to remedy inequities. If prices get to high on a product or service, someone finds out how to provide it cheaper.But “not all markets are perfect,” said Michael Cone, a customs attorney who filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of International Trade in 2007 that raised the broader question of whether different tariff rates for men’s and women’s apparel violate constitutional equal protection provisions.The case was dismissed, but discussion around the issue goes on.Here is a basic visual of the pink tax:Edit #2: another commenter suggested they’d be interested in how auto repairs costs differ for women, so I looked into that as well and found further evidence of gender discrimination in pricing.According to a 2013 paper from the Kellogg School of Management, this is definitely another area that the pink tax affects: [24][24][24][24]For male callers, there is no difference between having “no idea” about an expected price and being a savvy consumer: either way, you are quoted something right around market price. But for female callers, says Zettelmeyer, “you’re much worse off saying you know nothing as opposed to quoting the price of $365."Below is an exert from a Washington Post article [25][25][25][25] regarding a study done by RepairPal[26][26][26][26] :77 percent of respondents said mechanics are more likely to sell women unnecessary repairs, and 66 percent believed that mechanics charge women more than men for the same services.Health insurance has consistently been more expensive for women. The fact that some women give birth does not justify the discrepancies: [27][27][27][27]…if we ignore all costs directly associated with pregnancy and childbearing (the logic here being that it takes two parties to create a child and both parties should be willing to pay equally to support that endeavor), men aren't actually any cheaper to insure than women."When you get older, men cost more to insure than women," explained Jonathan Gruber, a health economist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Later in life, men are more likely to have a variety of conditions including heart attacks, lung cancer, and liver cancer. They're also more likely to smoke, drink, and get in accidents, according to experts.Larry Levitt, a senior vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation, said that while Kaiser doesn't have any independent analysis of this, insurers have historically charged younger women more than men in the individual market, even though those plans rarely covered maternity services. "That tends to reverse at older ages, when men have generally been charged more than women," he said. "It's reasonable to assume that insurers set those premiums based on the patterns of health care use that they saw."In 2008 the average expenditure per person with an expense, including expenses covered by insurance and those paid out-of-pocket, was slightly higher for women ($5,635) than for men ($4,952), according to data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. But the difference in expenditures is largely attributable to childbirth.…men's average expenditures significantly exceeded women's for hospital inpatient services ($18,984 versus $12,997, respectively).The New York Times investigated some of the themes in charging women more for health insurance after the ACA had passed (which was an attempt to end gender discrimination in pricing): [28][28][28][28]Women still pay more than men for the same health insurance coverage, according to new research and data from online brokers.The new health care law will prohibit such “gender rating,” starting in 2014. But gaps persist in most states, with no evidence that insurers have taken steps to reduce them.For a popular Blue Cross Blue Shield plan in Chicago, a 30-year-old woman pays $375 a month, which is 31 percent more than what a man of the same age pays for the same coverage, according to eHealthInsurance.com, a leading online source of health insurance.In a report to be issued this week, the National Women’s Law Center, a research and advocacy group, says that in states that have not banned gender rating, more than 90 percent of the best-selling health plans charge women more than men…Differences in rates for men and women are not explained by the cost of maternity care. In the individual insurance market, such care is usually not part of the standard package of benefits. Maternity coverage may be offered as an optional benefit, or rider, for a hefty additional premium.In Louisville, Ky., according to eHealthInsurance.com, a 40-year-old nonsmoking woman pays $196 a month for a HumanaOne policy. That is 53 percent more than the $128 premium paid for the same coverage by a nonsmoking man of the same age.In addition, the nonsmoking woman pays 14 percent more than the $172 premium charged to a man of the same age who has used tobacco in the past year.In an article from Public Policy, there is more evidence that the amount women pay for health insurance is not justified by pregnancies: [29][29][29][29]...ratings say that the different rates for men and women are justified because women and men use different amounts of healthcare. They also often point to childbirth and maternal care as reasons why men and women’s healthcare may differ in cost.The first part of this argument, that men and women use different amounts of healthcare and women are thus more expensive to insure, is false. The fact is, if you remove maternity services, women are not more expensive to insure than men are—they simply use healthcare differently. Women cost the healthcare system more when they are younger, since they use preventative healthcare more than men do.Men cost the healthcare system more when they are older, since they are more likely to have heart attacks, lung cancer, and liver cancer. Also, men are more likely to smoke, drink, and get in accidents. It is unjust to penalize women when in fact both men and women cost the health system relatively equal amounts, just at different points in their life.Additionally, we should not punish women for their cautiousness while rewarding men for their recklessness. The argument that women are charged more because they use healthcare more is also incorrect because the parts of healthcare that women and men use at the same rate, such as specialty clinics and the emergency room, charge women more.The second tenet of this argument is also untrue; women cannot be “more costly to insure” due to coverage of the maternal and child health services, since very few of the plans that gender rate cover maternity services.According to a 2012 report from the National Women’s Law Center, before the implementation of the gender rating ban and inclusion of maternity services on insurance:92% of best-selling insurance plans engaged in gender rating.Of those plans, only 3% covered maternity services.Regardless of the verity of this argument, however, this should never be a reason that women have to pay more for healthcare. Men and women play equal roles in the conception of a child—they should both have to pay for childbirth.Aside from financial facts behind gender rating, it is clear that unequal rates are unethical. The $1 billion that gender rating costs women is especially impactful because women tend to have a lower income, often due to the wage gap. Before the passage of the ACA, 52% of women reported delaying medical care because of cost, and 32% of women reported giving up basic necessities in order to pay for healthcare expenses.The BBC pointed out that women are also more likely to be overcharged in ride share companies. POC experience more cancelations and longer wait times: [30][30][30][30]Ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft may discriminate against black people and women, a study from three US universities suggests.Black riders faced longer wait times and more frequent cancellations than white riders, the research indicates.Women were more likely to be overcharged or taken on elongated routes, it says.Researchers took nearly 1,500 rides in Seattle and Boston, gathering data from three taxi-hailing companies.The sexist stereotype that you (the person who asked this question) are trying to push - that women love to shop and buy things more then men - doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.Spending trends/habits: [31][31][31][31]“We found that men and women impulse shop about the same amount, but the way they feel and how much they spend when they do it are different,” said Credit Cards - Compare Credit Card Offers at CreditCards.com senior analyst Matt Schulz.Men were significantly more likely than women to spend serious money on that unplanned purchase.While just 7% of the women said they had spent $500 or more, 21% of the men did.Men also made more impulse purchases of $1,000 or more.Women tend to keep their impulse purchases small, under $25.Men are more than twice as likely to make an impulse purchase when they’re intoxicated.Women are twice as likely to buy impulsively when they are sad.Women are more likely to regret making an impulse purchase:52% of the women vs. 46% of the men said they experienced buyer’s remorse at one time or another.Women tend to be “in charge” of purchasing what everyone else needs (traditional gender roles): [32][32][32][32]In virtually every society in the world, women have primary care-giving responsibilities for both children and the elderly…In this primary caregiving role, women find themselves buying on behalf of everyone else in their lives.The list is long: in addition to buying for themselves, women buy on behalf of husbands, partners, kids, colleagues, adult children, friends, relatives, elderly parents, in-laws, their businesses and even their kids’ friends, to name just a few. If somebody, somewhere needs a gift, chances are there's a woman thinking about it; tracking it down; wrapping it; making sure it’s accompanied by a personal message and then arriving to the person on the appointed day.I sometimes think entire industries would collapse overnight if women stopped being so thoughtful. Consider the impact to the greeting card industry alone.There are a lot more variables that need to be considered; neither the gender wage gap or the “spending gap” (which is a red herring and is being used by you to obscure a real issue) is something that one basic pie chart can explain or that your uninformed opinion disproves or proves - I would encourage you to educate yourself instead of using Quora as a way to trivialize real issues by regurgitating talking points that originate in hostility.What is your goal here in denying real problems besides reinforcing the status quo, which further disadvantages women?Footnotes[1] Why Parental Leave Policies Are Changing[2] What Women Breadwinners Want[3] https://www.icedr.org/research/documents/15_millennial_women.pdf[4] A Dollar Short: What’s Holding Women Back from Equal Pay?[5] http://content.thirdway.org/publications/853/NEXT_-_Fatherhood_Motherhood.pdf[6] Why Women Don't Ask For More Money[7] Negotiation and the Gender Divide[8] Why Women Don’t Negotiate Their Job Offers[9] https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2014/10/31/women-more-likely-to-graduate-college-but-still-earn-less-than-men[10] Gender Pay Gap Ratios, Stats and Infographics | PayScale[11] https://www.aauw.org/files/2013/02/graduating-to-a-pay-gap-the-earnings-of-women-and-men-one-year-after-college-graduation.pdf[12] Here's How Much Doctors Actually Make in 2016[13] Occupational Feminization and Pay: Assessing Causal Dynamics Using 1950–2000 U.S. Census Data | Social Forces | Oxford Academic[13] Occupational Feminization and Pay: Assessing Causal Dynamics Using 1950–2000 U.S. Census Data | Social Forces | Oxford Academic[13] Occupational Feminization and Pay: Assessing Causal Dynamics Using 1950–2000 U.S. Census Data | Social Forces | Oxford Academic[13] Occupational Feminization and Pay: Assessing Causal Dynamics Using 1950–2000 U.S. Census Data | Social Forces | Oxford Academic[14] As Women Take Over a Male-Dominated Field, the Pay Drops[14] As Women Take Over a Male-Dominated Field, the Pay Drops[14] As Women Take Over a Male-Dominated Field, the Pay Drops[14] As Women Take Over a Male-Dominated Field, the Pay Drops[15] Gender in Home Kitchens and Restaurants[15] Gender in Home Kitchens and Restaurants[15] Gender in Home Kitchens and Restaurants[15] Gender in Home Kitchens and Restaurants[16] Taking The Heat: Is Foodie Culture Making Room For Female Chefs?[16] Taking The Heat: Is Foodie Culture Making Room For Female Chefs?[16] Taking The Heat: Is Foodie Culture Making Room For Female Chefs?[16] Taking The Heat: Is Foodie Culture Making Room For Female Chefs?[17] The Whole Woman[17] The Whole Woman[17] The Whole Woman[17] The Whole Woman[18] Why Are Female Chefs Paid so Much Less Than Their Male Colleagues?[18] Why Are Female Chefs Paid so Much Less Than Their Male Colleagues?[18] Why Are Female Chefs Paid so Much Less Than Their Male Colleagues?[18] Why Are Female Chefs Paid so Much Less Than Their Male Colleagues?[19] A Change in the Kitchen[19] A Change in the Kitchen[19] A Change in the Kitchen[19] A Change in the Kitchen[20] Gender Pay Gap Ratios, Stats and Infographics | PayScale[21] collegepayoff-complete.pdf - Box[22] 6 times it’s more expensive to be a woman[22] 6 times it’s more expensive to be a woman[22] 6 times it’s more expensive to be a woman[22] 6 times it’s more expensive to be a woman[23] 'Pink Tax' forces women to pay more than men[23] 'Pink Tax' forces women to pay more than men[23] 'Pink Tax' forces women to pay more than men[23] 'Pink Tax' forces women to pay more than men[24] The Importance of Appearing Savvy[24] The Importance of Appearing Savvy[24] The Importance of Appearing Savvy[24] The Importance of Appearing Savvy[25] The auto-repair industry discriminates against women. So I quit my engineering job to become a mechanic.[25] The auto-repair industry discriminates against women. So I quit my engineering job to become a mechanic.[25] The auto-repair industry discriminates against women. So I quit my engineering job to become a mechanic.[25] The auto-repair industry discriminates against women. 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Force them how?Considering that the Dem’s don’t really care about the homeless people, nor immigrants, as exhibited by them dropping the ball when it comes to people of color - their “solutions” have done nothing but make their situation worse. In fact, the only reason that people of color RELUCTANTLY left the Republican part was because of all the “free” handouts that were put forth by the same Dem’s that didn’t want them freed in the first place! Now, the Dem’s have them “enslaved” to the state and to the victim-hood mentality DESPITE having our first black president that was not a millionaire “buying his election”!!! Not to mention all the black independent small business owners, or CEO’s of large corporations (and this goes for women as well - giving away free milk and vegetables isn’t going to bring a poor single mother out of poverty and into the boardroom!).But back to the original point, where exactly would the state of California force the cities to ‘house” the homeless? those empty homes that everybody claims are all over the place (even though up until Trump came into office, I didn’t see too many for-sale signs around my “area of operation” (the couple of cities that I go to for my favorite restaurants or the higher-end laundry mat instead of the run-down one 1 block away ;-) If those places aren’t owned by an individual trying to get it sold so that he can pay off what he owes (actually the owner isn’t paid anything unless he sells the house for more than what he owes, because the money goes directly to the seller’s lender). Or, if the owner “defaulted” on the mortgage, then the bank(s) own the properties and are trying to find buyers so they aren’t holding on to value that isn’t doing anything for them (like earning interest through a mortgage loan, probably one that they will generate from the sale of the home).Are you suggesting that the state of California force city governments to force financial institutions, or private individuals, to forcefully open up their private property in order to give it for “free” to somebody that can’t afford to live their and probably won’t even take care of the place, because they ultimately won’t be responsible (how could they) for any damages that they cause or even just neglect (leaving a clogged toilet because they can’t afford a plumber to come out, or a clogged sink that won’t drain).That’s not a very practical solution, but then again, that is a democrat solution!A more practical solution would be to use facilities that can handle giving the homeless a roof over their heads at night - but even that would require (probably for insurance reasons) a person, or multiple people to be hired to be on-site security and “managers” of any potential disputes between homeless people (trust me, I’ve been in the “system” for multiple years until just a handful of years ago) You CANNOT just open up a facility to homeless and expect to get it back in the same condition, unless you have employees that watch over them. They may be tired from moving around all day, being harassed by the police or by private individuals (or businesses) that treat them as a nuisance, but they literally have nowhere else to go during the day (there WAS a “day program” facility in San Diego where I was last homeless, and got off the streets here - but that was subsequently shut down, but when it was operating - offering free showers, or just a seat in front of the entertainment box/tv, or a place to lay-down outside on the small patch of grass that they had, without being told to “move-along” even though you’re in a public place or a park, not bothering anybody, except that you probably haven’t showered as regularly as you should and have to carry all of your belongings with you wherever you go - but even the ‘day program’ wasn’t big enough to provide a safe space for every homeless person during the day when it was open.So, back to my practical solution (sorry I digress with my own personal story, but I am providing credibility that I have “been there done that”), if the city were to hire “security” or “management” personnel to handle the homeless “problem” then they could use facilities like school gymnasiums (which actually usually have shower facilities, yeah!) or they could even partner with churches that have a facility where their “pews” are move-able/stack-able chairs, so the floor is available at night (I found it ironic that one church facility provided their parking lot for people with cars, that I was staying at, until I got accepted into a shelter) but they couldn’t accept people into the building - not even for bathroom facilities, we had to keep a port-a-john on-site and had to have it maintained, probably daily!Also, cities SHOULD partner with and/or provide incentives (maybe even directly hiring developers to build a project for the city) where the city or county actually maintains a “SRO” (single resident occupancy)…there are already plenty of these types of facilities, where ‘single people” can rent just a bedroom, but they keep all of their belongings in them, and have shared bathrooms on each floor of the building. But, these buildings are all (as far as I know) run by businesses or individuals that are profit-centric!The current system has private not-for-profit having dorm-room type buildings with school like cafeterias that deal with ‘the masses” but they aren’t big enough, or safe enough, at times! because I read the national report that is produced every so-often (I want to say every couple of years, or 4, I don’t remember) but I found out that throughout the entire state of California, if ALL facilities doubled their capacities (that’s every bed becoming a bunk, or every existing bunk becoming 2 bunks) that there would still be people who cannot lay their heads on a bed inside a building, in the state of California, one of the most liberal states in the union - which is probably why they attract so many homeless, at least the ones that they don’t directly cause with high taxes driving away businesses and driving the cost of living so high!