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114,000 Students in NYC Are Homeless
- TurkishPoptart 7y agoI feel for these kids and want to hear their story, but could the NYT people consider simply displaying the article, rather than giving me a blister rolling the mousewheel trying to conjure it? Yes, I want to see pictures, but I'm used to reading articles, not hopelessly trying to conjure them.
- wahern 7y agoFWIW, the definition of homeless: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/11302 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/11302 "34,000 students were living in New York City’s shelters, and 73,750 were living 'doubled-up' in temporary housing situations." https://www.the74million.org/article/nycs-homeless-student-population-stabilized-in-2018-19-after-a-decade-long-surge-report-finds-but-the-educational-crisis-continues/ https://www.the74million.org/article/nycs-homeless-student-p...
- digitalsushi 7y agoI remember finding out I was homeless for a while during college. things just kept getting worse, and my 8 dollar an hour, 20 hours capped student lab job was really not enough to make rent. 4 or 5 undergrad classes at a time. first the car got sold, and then things started getting sold, utilities canceled, even cell phones dried up. then i was staying late at friend's places, having a drink or two and waking up in the morning in front of their television. friends really get you through the hard times, mine were so good to me, i didn't even know I was homeless those 90 days. couch to couch to couch.