<story><title>Homeless Population Jumps by Thousands Across the San Francisco Bay Area</title><url>https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-northern-california-homeless-count-20190517-story.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>yostrovs</author><text>Can you help clarify why so many of these young homeless with dogs also prefer camo as their clothing color of choice?</text></item><item><author>lostgame</author><text>Weather. I used to be homeless in Toronto (at lived in the Don Valley forest for a time) and it&amp;#x27;s actually kinda fun -  in the summer.&lt;p&gt;As soon as that first cold spike hits, you feel like death inside.</text></item><item><author>dforrestwilson</author><text>Hopefully, this does not get down-voted.&lt;p&gt;I have lived all over the US, and noticed that only in California do I find young homeless people. They generally seem happy and even have dogs.&lt;p&gt;I never saw this in NYC or anywhere else on the East Coast or in the Midwest.&lt;p&gt;Is there a reason why the demographics would be different?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dsfyu404ed</author><text>Because BDUs&amp;#x2F;ACUs and similar are cheap, common enough at thrift stores and highly durable. I make almost 6 figures and I have BDUs I use when I&amp;#x27;m doing manual labor.</text></comment>
<story><title>Homeless Population Jumps by Thousands Across the San Francisco Bay Area</title><url>https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-northern-california-homeless-count-20190517-story.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>yostrovs</author><text>Can you help clarify why so many of these young homeless with dogs also prefer camo as their clothing color of choice?</text></item><item><author>lostgame</author><text>Weather. I used to be homeless in Toronto (at lived in the Don Valley forest for a time) and it&amp;#x27;s actually kinda fun -  in the summer.&lt;p&gt;As soon as that first cold spike hits, you feel like death inside.</text></item><item><author>dforrestwilson</author><text>Hopefully, this does not get down-voted.&lt;p&gt;I have lived all over the US, and noticed that only in California do I find young homeless people. They generally seem happy and even have dogs.&lt;p&gt;I never saw this in NYC or anywhere else on the East Coast or in the Midwest.&lt;p&gt;Is there a reason why the demographics would be different?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>benatkin</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s outdoor gear. A lot of outdoor gear shops have &lt;i&gt;surplus&lt;/i&gt; in their name, because there&amp;#x27;s a link between the outdoors, hunting&amp;#x2F;fishing, and the military. A lot of outdoors people don&amp;#x27;t like it and would rather wear patagonia vests (like VCs do), but camo gear certainly isn&amp;#x27;t an unusual choice for outdoors types. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Surplus_store&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Surplus_store&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>