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Re:A fight against Amazon becomes a state matter in Quebec by jarjoura on Sunday April 26, 2020 @12:33PM (#22988268)
> If I go outside I'm not avoiding the homeless in huge numbers. Rent and housing are not absurdly expensive, allowing affordability for families.

In a recent trip to Montreal I never saw more homeless people out on the streets, and they were nasty and mean, demanding my attention. The shocking part was how cold it was outside and how the city allowed that to happen.

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Re:A fight against Amazon becomes a state matter in Quebec by amiga_500 on Sunday April 26, 2020 @02:01PM (#22988850)
This is anecdata. Homeless in the USA is far, far worse.

NY has 1 in 125 homeless, 70k. Montreal has 3.1k. (1 in 1000).

Yes Montreal can do better, but as per my original point, where the poster complained about the ease of registering a new business, making your province into a great place to register a business is not the path to a great society.

https://www.bowery.org/homelessness/

https://www.homelesshub.ca/community-profile/montreal

Progress and Poverty, the top selling book behind The Bible in the 1890s has more information:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_and_Poverty

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