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Originally Posted by Calgarian
I could see the argument of homeless moving to BC, and that's because of the milder weather. I'd be amazed if someone would rather sleep on the streets of Winnipeg in February because of easier access to social services. I'm sure rural Manitobans flock to the city for the social services, likely easier access than say, Flin Flon.
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There's an old trope of homeless people moving to BC for the weather, but in reality something like 75% of the homeless in Vancouver are born in BC (ie. even more likely than the general population to be from here).
Homeless people generally aren't making decisions of where to move based on what they think would be the best weather to be homeless in, unless they're specifically pursuing it as some sort of lifestyle (eg. the crust punk lifestyle of the west coast). Otherwise, most people just stay in the place that they became homeless in, because they don't have the means to leave and it's where they have an existing community anyway; and also because they're usually not intending to
stay homeless.
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