MtViking- A little piece of paradise.
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Bruce
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That is pretty ugly isn't it! Burlington's population is 42K, I found this about the LA homeless population
"According to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, in 2019, approximately 50,000 to 60,000 persons may be found homeless on any given night in Los Angeles County, more than 44,000 of them on the streets."
i can't imagine having to live like that. There are something over 300 in Burlington which sounds like a lot until you look at other places.
Of course there are 4M people in L.A.
and only 626K in all of Vermont. There were "only" 3M in Los Angeles when I left the area 40 years ago. 505K when I arrived in Vermont.
"According to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, in 2019, approximately 50,000 to 60,000 persons may be found homeless on any given night in Los Angeles County, more than 44,000 of them on the streets."
i can't imagine having to live like that. There are something over 300 in Burlington which sounds like a lot until you look at other places.
Of course there are 4M people in L.A.
and only 626K in all of Vermont. There were "only" 3M in Los Angeles when I left the area 40 years ago. 505K when I arrived in Vermont.
Baymule
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I can't imagine that kind of cold.
CntryBoy777
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Yeh....the cold is tough up there, but the winds are deadly!!.....a breeze up there is like a 20mph steady wind.....50-60mph winds can kickup rather regularly.....that'll get your attention for sure......
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AmberLops
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I took an Amtrak train from Oregon to Maine a few years ago (in January) and it stopped in Whitefish Montana. Everyone got out for a break and as soon as I stepped outside a huge gust of freezing wind hit me so hard it just about knocked me over!!Yeh....the cold is tough up there, but the winds are deadly!!.....a breeze up there is like a 20mph steady wind.....50-60mph winds can kickup rather regularly.....that'll get your attention for sure......
The next day, the train froze to the tracks in the Dakotas...we were stuck there for 26 hours and the train ran out of food...so they ordered Subway sandwiches and it came by helicopter
It was one heck of an experience!
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Bruce
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Sounds more like a movie plot than real life!
That is long trip even without the delay from freezing to the tracks.
That is long trip even without the delay from freezing to the tracks.
AmberLops
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Ha ha! It was a very interesting trip. The whole trip took almost 4 days with all of the issues that the train came across. It was supposed to be 2 1/2 days.
Baymule
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That had to be one heck of a train ride!
