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Re:Homeless Population Jumps by Thousands Across the San Fra... by lostgame on Friday May 17, 2019 @03:11PM (#19942536)
Weather. I used to be homeless in Toronto (at lived in the Don Valley forest for a time) and it's actually kinda fun - in the summer.

As soon as that first cold spike hits, you feel like death inside.

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Re:Homeless Population Jumps by Thousands Across the San Fra... by yostrovs on Friday May 17, 2019 @03:14PM (#19942566)
Can you help clarify why so many of these young homeless with dogs also prefer camo as their clothing color of choice?
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Re:Homeless Population Jumps by Thousands Across the San Fra... by dsfyu404ed on Friday May 17, 2019 @03:20PM (#19942618)
Because BDUs/ACUs and similar are cheap, common enough at thrift stores and highly durable. I make almost 6 figures and I have BDUs I use when I'm doing manual labor.
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Re:Homeless Population Jumps by Thousands Across the San Fra... by benatkin on Friday May 17, 2019 @03:33PM (#19942771)
It's outdoor gear. A lot of outdoor gear shops have surplus in their name, because there's a link between the outdoors, hunting/fishing, and the military. A lot of outdoors people don't like it and would rather wear patagonia vests (like VCs do), but camo gear certainly isn't an unusual choice for outdoors types. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surplus_store
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Re:Homeless Population Jumps by Thousands Across the San Fra... by pixxel on Friday May 17, 2019 @03:18PM (#19942597)
Their tuxedos are at the dry cleaners.
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Re:Homeless Population Jumps by Thousands Across the San Fra... by b_tterc_p on Friday May 17, 2019 @03:17PM (#19942592)
Camo is fairly popular among young people, homeless or otherwise. I would venture to guess it’s cheap and requires less washing too.
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Re:Homeless Population Jumps by Thousands Across the San Fra... by badpun on Friday May 17, 2019 @03:18PM (#19942595)
Dirt is less visible on them?
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