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Originally Posted by Locke
It depends on where you're talking about, but since this thread is BC-Centric...rental rates have to come down.
If you're a landlord then thats going to suck, but if you have a general cost of living that is out of whack with available wages then get used to people living on the streets.
You can say: "Hey if you dont like it then pound pavement!" and instead of living in your basement that guy is going to be living on your sidewalk.
People can bitch and moan but we had the same problem right here in Alberta where people were working good jobs with good incomes and it still wasnt enough.
I'm not going to say that we solved this problem because I'm not convinced that we did but you have to acknowledge the problem.
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Haha ooooooo I’d be a little careful as a Calgarian looking down my nose at Vancouver for the homeless problem. No question Vancouver is bad, tent city, etc. however Calgary is trending in the wrong direction as well.
I just visited Calgary and was downtown last week and the increase of homeless people today vs. 1 year ago vs. 6 months ago to hell even just 2 months ago is a very clear and alarming trend. Very anecdotal / subjective but wow, Calgary now has a homeless issue. They are everywhere.