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Originally Posted by Phil McAvity
"Sure, 1P families struggle more" Thank you for finally conceding the point. One parent families do struggle more, thus children from single parents generally fare worse in life. That's been my point from the beginning
I lived in the DTES in 1992-1993 and it was bad back then too so you're wrong to say the DTES has only become a serious problem in the last 10 years, the opioid epidemic may have made it worse but back then it wasn't exactly shangri-la either. The DTES has been a serious problem for decades. I experienced more crime in one year living in the DTES than I have of living in Victoria for decades
Since you obviously think housing is the problem i'm still waiting for you to explain how you plan to house those that aren't, other than vague references to giving them with money and housing
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Haven't conceded jack - “struggle more” and “fare worse in life” are very different things. Too many examples of people with 1P families that did something with their lives. And if you’re telling me that most of the DTES problem cases aren’t from 2P homes, I’m going to laugh in your face.
Must’ve missed the retrospective about all the tent cities here back in '93. Victoria's housing crunch is bad, but nothing compared to Vancouver's.
Aren’t... what? Problem cases? Addicts? Keep building modular housing. If you could manage to get yourself two jobs while in a shelter, there’s not much reason why others can’t get one.