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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
I remember in the early 90s when all my friends started moving away, either to Ontario or BC because their parents had been laid off in the oilpatch here. This brings back a lot memories of that.
The shelters here seem to have more people as well, and I've never seen this many people panhandling intersections for spare change from stopped cars before in my life.
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That's life in the resource industry. The boom brings people from all over expecting it to last forever. When the inevitable downturn happens people are not sure what to do, and end up going back to their homes.
As for the panhandlers, 8.6% unemployment will contribute to that. People need money to eat (or buy beer) and have no prospects for work at all.