At least here in vancouver, if you go to east hastings almost every single homeless person is either white or indigenous, despite the official data saying something different. I know why indigenous face these issues, but why so many white people? Is it because most of them originated in a rural area and moved here? The homeless demographic looks completely different than the demographic of the city itself.

Hop the border to seattle and it seems like homeless people are usually black or latino, which makes a lot more logical sense to me.

  • FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Homeless aren’t tied to their province of origin. Many may have went to Vancouver for its milder climate or other reasons.