'I'm consistently shocked': Some students in Calgary contemplate homelessness as fall semester begins (calgaryherald.com)

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

To save money, he stopped eating, limiting his meals to one every two days.

What the fuck? How long until students are literally starving to death?

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

We've done something awful, as a society.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Shared accomodations being up 50% in such a short amount of time seems like a major problem for students

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I mean you say students, but this has societal level effects too.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm honestly surprised it took this long for the bubble to spread here. It was like Calgary existed in a forcefield the past 4-5 years.

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