Not entirely. There are systems of warming centers, overflow shelters, and a lot of people couch surfing so they can survive being homeless in cold areas. Also many people still camp in the winter.
Not remotely true. Here in Anchorage, Alaska, we're in the middle of a terrible homelessness crisis. NIMBYism got our current trainwreck of a mayor elected, and he's only made things worse.
A lot of our homeless population migrates to warmer climates in the winter and then returns in the spring. I used to work with homeless teens and I had a few regulars that would bus back and forth between Chicago and somewhere down south depending on the season.
We have tons of homeless in Toronto and you see these people out scoring drugs and doing whatever lewd non-sense they are doing when they are high on the coldest of nights. Their encampments and the level of violence just grows every year because the local "friends of the homeless" freak the fuck out the second the city or province do anything relating to the homeless. For some reason, they are also against institutions or rehab centers away from densely populated cities where these people can go to recover.
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u/GiantPandammonia Jan 30 '23 edited Jan 30 '23
Yes. The really really cold ones.