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When I moved to Vancouver from Toronto I found the homeless population striking. I'd ask people why they thought its the case. Many folks are of the mind that
by stevehiehn 4y ago
When I moved to Vancouver from Toronto I found the homeless population striking. I'd ask people why they thought its the case. Many folks are of the mind that its pretty much the only city in Canada a person can sleep on the street 365d a yr. I'm sure there are other reasons but if you don't understand how dangerously cold a Canadian winter gets you might not factor this in.
- carapace 4y agoYup, this. I was homeless for a few years, mostly on the West Coast but I got around. The amount of bullshit a person can get away with correlates roughly with how cold it gets in Winter. In places where Winter kills people you can't be too unreliable or shitty because if the rest of the community shuns you, you die. (I spent a couple of weeks in Boulder one Winter and my knuckles still ache when I think about it.)
- hydrok9 4y agoYeah, this is a real thing. I live in Winnipeg, with it's famously intense winters, and the homeless population rapidly thins out around November, only to reappear in April.