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Vancouver. It has the fourth highest quality of living of any city in the world. However,
it has a large homeless population. Only two decades ago, this problem was nearly non-existent.
But in the 1980s, Canada de-institutionalised the mental ill. They downsized mental institutions,
eliminating hundreds of psychiatric care beds. At the same time as this, the government stopped
building public housing. These mental ill people became the homeless of Vancouver.
35 years I've been over here on the streets playing my music. It's getting a little better
each day. It takes a lot of practice to be a good player, right? Yeah, it's definitely hard.
It's nice to tell my life story about the street anyway. Do you have any advice for young
travelers like us? Yeah, I just say don't give up. Keep trying to do the best you can and
make sure things will work out for you. Thank you. It's good. Cheers, bro. Have a good one. Yeah,
same to you, buddy. Thanks for the change. You're giving? No worries, man.
Doesn't even have to dress up like an old man.
We were in Vancouver to meet up with our friends Jack and Lee. They were living with Jenna,
the makeup artist. She made us look old. It's a little change. Oh, you're so gross. It's a little
change. Disgusting. Disgusting, man. I have no respect for you. What's up, chicks? My name's
Elliot. I like playing chess. I like watching football, only watching it. And I like collecting
pizza boxes. I think I'm a pretty interesting guy. Just give me a call if you want to go on a date.
I'm so serious.
Horrible shit. She's been doing that for like probably up an hour now. Like Vancouver.
It's pretty close to me. It's days. It's not like I had good ornaments on the trees and shit.
It's a pretty steezy crib. We got that heroin syringe and stuck into that tree and like
a very even ground. Notice, notice. Very comfortable. Therapeutic root systems.
Right. We slept in a hotel garden.
Now we're just trying to get in contact with our mate, but all our phones just went dead. But
luckily enough, this bush is prepared for homeless with electronic gear.
We have a new addition. New addition to the Hobo crew. Introduce yourself.
My name is Bea Crimes, the dumpster boss. I'm gonna be a sweater, right? That's me.
Well, good to have you on board, buddy. Start. Let's get a little bit bagged. Get another Hobo.
It's a round six date. It's fair amount of Hobos there.
You would have to talk to some of the boarders, but you know, I just don't see it happening
to tell you the truth. Yeah, no, I can't think of nothing, man, but not over the ground. Any ideas?
Or anywhere we could go, like any bars where a lot of the fishermen are...
No, man. Not really around here. The only place we'll probably be staying with Jay Peppers
right on ground while I'm there. Do you know of any other docks where it's more like busy?
Yeah, right now the guys all just got back from their fishing season, so I don't see them wanting
to go back out there many times soon. You might want to try Mosquito Crico for a North Fan,
or that way, or just keep on the creep and try any one of these Hobbers.
Well, it's an open ship. We decided to go to Greyhound because the boarder
would probably stop to hitch across. We tried to hitch on a boat. It didn't really work.
That's kind of a crazy idea of it. See what's up in Seattle?
