There are a couple of obvious and historic reasons Vancouver attracts the population it does, the climate is the obvious one, there is a historic draw for the native community across the Prairies that grew out of the logging industry, it was about the only industry that would hire natives back in the 50's and 60's, the camps were accessed by boat out of Vancouver, like the oil patch today, the guys would work a month on then get dumped onto the waterfront with a chunk of pay in their pocket and nowhere to live, hence the rise of the SRO's and the bars, hookers etc.
This set up the DTES and created a 'tradition' of native migration to Vancouver
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