Tent cities are reappearing
Tent cities are reappearing around town with the milder weather and the difficulty of finding proper places to live.
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Bill Binns 10:09 on 2021-04-11 Permalink
Strange how the tight rental market only seems to affect men.
Kate 10:17 on 2021-04-11 Permalink
Women have been mentioned in previous reports about tent cities and homelessless, so there are women involved as well, although I will agree it seems to be well below 50%.
There are a lot of intersecting reasons women are less prevalent, I think. For a lot of reasons, in general, women are less keen on camping and “roughing it” and we’re less likely to have done jobs in remote places or acquired the necessary camping skills from our dads.
Also, for good or bad, men are less likely to be able to exchange physical favours for a place to live.
Myles 18:17 on 2021-04-11 Permalink
Women are also socialised to be better on average at maintaining the social connections that help keep people off the street. Rigid gender roles can hurt men too.
Kate 21:08 on 2021-04-11 Permalink
There’s something to that, Myles. I agree.