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It all comes back to a concept as freshman as it gets - Maslow's hierarchy of needs. How are you supposed to get out of any societal freefall without shelter?

• Cthulhu_ 6y ago
  Exactly so. I mean there's plenty of people that are not homeless but because of poverty can't get to the next tier of said hierarchy.
• devoutsalsa 6y ago
  One of the hardest things for me when I was in financial free fall was how little my friends could understand or help. They didn't understand that I literally had no where to go, and that me asking for a place to crash wasn't me simply wanting to visit at the last minute. My friends also weren't rich, so even if I could have stayed with them, it's not like they had a spare bedroom or guest cottage in which I could stay for a while. Oddly enough, the people who did let me stay with them were folks that were themselves nearly broke and/or recently homeless, all of whom I had only recently met. They understood that if I was asking them for a place to crash, that I really needed a place to stay. The kindness of strangers really saved my butt in 2009.
  • WarOnPrivacy 6y ago
    No one I knew could provide a bed. I lived in my car. I was eventually able to trade remodel work for a chance to stay in the house. That worked until a sibling & friend of mine, both w/ drinking problems, became regular, disruptive visitors and wouldn't leave. It was back to the car again. I eventually escaped homelessness the same way everyone does. With help.