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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
The working homeless is a huge area of concern but I have a hard time feeling a great deal of sympathy for many people who move to areas such as Calgary knowing the issues which are present regarding the economy and then expect, no demand, that something be done to help them in their situation. If you don't have a residence to move into, don't move. I know this is overly simple but it is also overly true. I keep hearing the sob stories on the news and that is the only thing that comes to mind, did you not think at all before you moved here, or was it something that you just decided on a whim?
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Your point of view seems to assume a large number of the cities homeless moved here when Calgary boomed and then couldn't get a home.
Where have you heard that this is the case, as opposed to people who were already here pre-boom and have now found themselves homeless? (or already were)
I would guess newcomers to Calgary actually represent a very small proportion of the cities homeless.