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student interactions with homelessness in Bristol Illustration courtesy of: Romina Treviño Santa Cruz
Sian Williams First Year, LLM International Law
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utting its own twist on Dickens, Bristol has become one city telling two tales. Stroll through Clifton and see cashmere-clad queues outside every brunch
spot (think Mercy Mercy Mercy or East Village Vegan Café). While waiting for a table, visit the greengrocer across the road to ask about its locally-grown produce, or look for a B-lister en route to take photos outside The Paragon. However, walk to the city centre and,
amidst the high street chains, damp bedding in doorways, and tents on the streetside, a very different story is revealed: a glum plot where Bristol has the second highest number of homeless people in the UK (around 1/113 residents). Two extremes of hu-
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man life roughly 20 minutes apart. At least some blame for the homelessness crisis must be placed on university students, who occupy 45 per cent of all privately owned housing in Bristol. The annual student house-hunt in-
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