Tent set up in Kitchener roundabout [Video]

Drivers going by a Kitchener roundabout may have noticed something unusual – a tent set up on the centre island.

CTV News got in touch with the man living at the centre of the roundabout, who you could call the king of Bleams Road and Manitou Drive. But his real name is Josh.

“King of the castle on top of my mountain top,” Josh screamed, laughing.

His tent has been there for about a month after recently moving from Port Elgin.

“I figured it wasn’t in a park, so nobody’s going to complain. And I figured nobody would be walking through there and there’s not a bunch of houses around,” said Josh.

While many people don’t experience homelessness by choice, Josh chooses to live this way.

“I feel better outside, but I wouldn’t go into a shelter anyway because there’s a lot of drug use in there and there’s like …