Based on first hand experiences, London seems to have a greater proportion of vagrants and ne'er do wells, relative to its size, than other Canadian Cities (except Vancouver, which is tops in this category, probably partially on account of the weather, but also, due to the severe drug problems in that city). My hometown of Montreal is no slouch in that department....when the weather got really cold (much more often than it does here), there were many sad instances of vagrants freezing to death.
In my experience, many vagrants had horrific experiences growing up (beaten, or worse, sexually abused), or are mentally ill (the powers-that-be have seen fit to empty the Sanatoriums and put the patients on drug therapy...they end up back on the street). The castaways of an uncaring, Doug Fordian society.
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