Hi Friends!
I am often asked just why I'm homeless to begin with. I don't drink, smoke anything, use any drugs. My main habits are eating and sleeping. So what's up?
While there is no doubt that there are many reasons for being out here, it is not because homeless people are lazy.
Many homeless people actually have jobs. Low-paying jobs that barely give them carfare or gas.
Others hustle with their shopping carts and pick up cans and the occasional stove or hot water heater, which they push across miles to get to the junk yard.
I remember a time when, if you did these things, you could get a room at the YMCA for $35.00 a week so easily.
It was a simple procedure which took all of 15 minutes to complete and you were in. No lengthy papers to sign, no credit confirmation, and best of all, no waiting lists.
Sometimes, to be independent, one must go his/her own way.
Also, most of the so-called bums stay very clean, shaved; the system that supports it is good.
Items like clothes, apartments, SRO's are huge drains on meager resources. It is far cheaper to live outside and attempt to save one's money to get into a place.
Speaking of which, click on my new CallingCards.com link at the left and save money on your next call.
I am often asked just why I'm homeless to begin with. I don't drink, smoke anything, use any drugs. My main habits are eating and sleeping. So what's up?
While there is no doubt that there are many reasons for being out here, it is not because homeless people are lazy.
Many homeless people actually have jobs. Low-paying jobs that barely give them carfare or gas.
Others hustle with their shopping carts and pick up cans and the occasional stove or hot water heater, which they push across miles to get to the junk yard.
I remember a time when, if you did these things, you could get a room at the YMCA for $35.00 a week so easily.
It was a simple procedure which took all of 15 minutes to complete and you were in. No lengthy papers to sign, no credit confirmation, and best of all, no waiting lists.
Sometimes, to be independent, one must go his/her own way.
Also, most of the so-called bums stay very clean, shaved; the system that supports it is good.
Items like clothes, apartments, SRO's are huge drains on meager resources. It is far cheaper to live outside and attempt to save one's money to get into a place.
Speaking of which, click on my new CallingCards.com link at the left and save money on your next call.
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