I watched a documentary once about a lady with kids that got kicked out of her apartment because it was condemned and didn't have the means to get another.
She was couch surfing at friends houses, sleeping in her car, hitting up the different social services, using computers at the library to apply for jobs, etc. At the end things ended up working out.
I suspect that there's something seriously wrong with the homeless in filthy clothes begging on the corner. A normal person will exhaust every option to avoid that fate.
A lot of it comes down to your connections and possessions prior to becoming that way. Like, your lady still owned a car and had friends willing to let her sleep there (along with her kids I'd assume).
That's minor to someone like us, but for a homeless person that's a fucking massive leg up. It means having the time to go out and apply for jobs/services instead of wasting it looking for a place to stay and protecting your corner.
Also its a woman with kids, which means she by default had a massive bone thrown her way in terms of actually getting those jobs/services approved. There is a reason why the filthy clothes begger is near always a man. Because all those homeless resources get used up for the women and her children, of which every town has a junkie whore with 8 kids lined up at every kitchen, long before any man even gets considered.
I have no sympathy for a lot of the losers on the streets, as most got their by their own failings, but there is a reason why a documentary was made on a woman with kids going homeless. Because its able to maximize your pity/sympathy, which is the same way it ends up "working out" for her and not the filthy begger.
They are basically all on drugs, and I think I would be at that point, too. For all I know, they fought for a long time with their demons and just exhausted every available avenue. Drugs are almost always part of this cycle of deterioration, but obviously most drug users don't end up here, either. So there is always something underlying it. If they weren't messed up before, by the time you see them years into the lifestyle, they're pretty far gone.
The ones you see begging on the corner are the ones that have the "best" places staked out and will totally scrap with others who try to encroach on their territory - don't be fooled by their "poor frail me" appearance.
What's wrong with them is that they'd rather waste their life away getting high/drunk and don't care how much it inconveniences the rest of us. "Carry me," is their motto.
I watched a documentary once about a lady with kids that got kicked out of her apartment because it was condemned and didn't have the means to get another. She was couch surfing at friends houses, sleeping in her car, hitting up the different social services, using computers at the library to apply for jobs, etc. At the end things ended up working out.
I suspect that there's something seriously wrong with the homeless in filthy clothes begging on the corner. A normal person will exhaust every option to avoid that fate.
A lot of it comes down to your connections and possessions prior to becoming that way. Like, your lady still owned a car and had friends willing to let her sleep there (along with her kids I'd assume).
That's minor to someone like us, but for a homeless person that's a fucking massive leg up. It means having the time to go out and apply for jobs/services instead of wasting it looking for a place to stay and protecting your corner.
Also its a woman with kids, which means she by default had a massive bone thrown her way in terms of actually getting those jobs/services approved. There is a reason why the filthy clothes begger is near always a man. Because all those homeless resources get used up for the women and her children, of which every town has a junkie whore with 8 kids lined up at every kitchen, long before any man even gets considered.
I have no sympathy for a lot of the losers on the streets, as most got their by their own failings, but there is a reason why a documentary was made on a woman with kids going homeless. Because its able to maximize your pity/sympathy, which is the same way it ends up "working out" for her and not the filthy begger.
They are basically all on drugs, and I think I would be at that point, too. For all I know, they fought for a long time with their demons and just exhausted every available avenue. Drugs are almost always part of this cycle of deterioration, but obviously most drug users don't end up here, either. So there is always something underlying it. If they weren't messed up before, by the time you see them years into the lifestyle, they're pretty far gone.
Drugs should be legalised but then you have to have an IQ 120+ to get a drug license. Of course that wouldn't help but it's an ideal I'd aspire to
There is a hell of a lot more I'd gate behind an IQ license, starting with motor vehicles and internet access.
reproducing as well
The ones you see begging on the corner are the ones that have the "best" places staked out and will totally scrap with others who try to encroach on their territory - don't be fooled by their "poor frail me" appearance.
What's wrong with them is that they'd rather waste their life away getting high/drunk and don't care how much it inconveniences the rest of us. "Carry me," is their motto.