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撸奶社区poll: More than 40% of respondents supportive of van lifers, 28% not at all

The 撸奶社区 polled 574聽readers and asked the question: How supportive of van life residents are you?聽 聽 聽 聽
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Camping is not permitted on streets, on public land including parks and parking lots, or Crown land including forest service roads within District of 撸奶社区boundaries. There are 700 camping sites in the region, however.

There has been a lot of talk and some tension in 撸奶社区around people who live in their vehicles, or van lifers. 

The does not allow camping within municipal boundaries, including sleeping in one's vehicle. 

Sleeping on roads has been prohibited since 2007.

The 撸奶社区Estuary, the Mamquam Forest Service Road and Smoke Bluffs Park are also "no-go" zones for camping. 

While it is difficult to quantify how many people actually live in their vans, or vehicles, .

Some vehicle residents have noted prejudice they felt locally for living in a vehicle.

Recently, Squamish Chief reporter, Indigo Lemay-Conway, wrote an opinion column about an incident where she was making dinner in her van and men drove by her, telling her to "get a house."

Others have noted the sense of community found among van lifers.

The 撸奶社区 polled 574 readers and asked the question: How supportive of van life residents are you?

The poll ran from 8/27/2024 to 9/21/2024. Of the 574 votes, we can determine that 240 are from within the community.

More than 40% of respondents were either very or somewhat supportive of van life. 

The full results are as follows:

Very supportive 17.92% local, 19.51% total    
Somewhat supportive 24.17% local, 21.60% total    
Depends 25.83% local, 25.78% total    
Support van life but not in 撸奶社区 0.42% local, 1.74% total    
Get a house! 3.33% local, 4.36% total    
Not at all 28.33% local, 27.00% total    
  Local   Total

Results are based on an online study of adult 撸奶社区 readers that are located in Squamish. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 4.03%, 19 times out of 20.

The 撸奶社区 uses a variety of techniques to capture data, detect and prevent fraudulent votes, detect and prevent robots, and filter out non-local and duplicate votes.

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