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The new casual labor is the gig economy, slowly being chipped away for the gig economy laborer's 'own good'. Roomates in a SFH / Apartment are the new SROs, bu

• vkou 7y ago
  Most of the users of the gig economy doesn't want homeless people driving them around, or walking their dog, or cleaning their home. The gig economy is not a good replacement for the full spectrum of casual labour.
  • imtringued 7y ago
    I think the much bigger obstacle is that they don't have a car in the first place. That means no Uber, no Doordash, no cleaning (can't get to the customer, need to transport cleaning equipment).
    • novok 7y ago
      You can do deliveries on bike, rent a car just to do the job with getaround: https://www.uber.com/us/en/drive/vehicle-solutions/getaround/ https://www.uber.com/us/en/drive/vehicle-solutions/getaround... Also cars are typically cheaper than rent, and the gig economy hires you usually on automated & objective criteria with flexible schedules. Vs. having to convince your local mcdonalds manager to hire you and working on shift schedule that is ever shifting.
  • asveikau 7y ago
    > Most of the users of the gig economy doesn't want homeless people driving them around, or walking their dog, or cleaning their home Excuse me? How can you tell it's a homeless person doing it? I am willing to bet all of these is already happening. When the uber driver picks you up you don't ask if they are sleeping in the car. But it's been reported to be pretty common.
    • PhasmaFelis 7y ago
      > Excuse me? How can you tell it's a homeless person doing it? The kind of homeless person who can get clean clothes, a shower, and a shave on a regular basis (let alone a car!) is already doing better than a lot of street people. It's good that those people have options, but catering only to them will not solve the problem, nor will behaving as if the other sort doesn't exist.
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      • eli_gottlieb 7y ago
        >The kind of homeless person who can get clean clothes, a shower, and a shave on a regular basis (let alone a car!) is already doing better than a lot of street people. In the grim darkness of 2019, the working homeless are privileged.
        • PhasmaFelis 7y ago
          I think you're being sarcastic, but I'm not sure why. "Some people are better off than others, even in the lowest levels of society" shouldn't be a controversial assertion.
      • asveikau 7y ago
        I replied to this soon after it was posted, but opted to delete. Now I'll try to rephrase. My primary objection is to the idea that you can tell a book from its cover or anything that might be construed to suggest that there is some immutable lesser category of person. I live in San Francisco and walk its sidewalks every day. I've seen a lot of the category of homeless you're talking about. But it is silly to categorize. And a lot of times, even for those who don't shower, wear the same clothes and don't have a car, you really can't tell sometimes. It's also the case that housed people also have varying amounts of hygiene and behaviors. We are all just people.
        • PhasmaFelis 7y ago