Re:California Spent $17B on Homelessness. It’s Not Working
by alephnerd on Friday June 02, 2023 @03:43PM
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I used to live in Nanaimo as a kid (Go McGirr!). The city's economy was royally fucked in the 2000s. There were no jobs other than Provincial services like VIHA or the one paper mill that I think ended up shutting down. Hells Angels were also always a thing back there, and there was a reservation nearby which had some persistent social issues. I still have family there who ended up making a killing in construction thanks to Chinese money and idk if Nanimo will ever get better.
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Re:California Spent $17B on Homelessness. It’s Not Working
by soperj on Friday June 02, 2023 @05:29PM
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Harmac ended up being bought by the people who actually operated the mill from an American company that went bankrupt, and has been running well since 2008.
Re:California Spent $17B on Homelessness. It’s Not Working
by alephnerd on Friday June 02, 2023 @08:07PM
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Oh! That's cool to hear! I went back to Nanaimo a couple years ago and it does seem much less grimy/blue collar than it was when I was a kid, but it does still seem to have that sense of PNW rust belt malaise to a certain extent.