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Good luck getting and keeping a job when you have nowhere to shower and may be forced to relocate at any time. Oh, and the cops may come and smash or steal all
by SrslyJosh 5y ago
Good luck getting and keeping a job when you have nowhere to shower and may be forced to relocate at any time. Oh, and the cops may come and smash or steal all of your belongings.
- dcolkitt 5y agoGym memberships can be had for $20/month or less, and provide a full bathroom facility for showering and grooming. I'm not trying to be pedantic. I'm just pointing this out for anybody reading this who may find themself in a situation like this in the future.
- skeeter2020 5y agogood luck getting a gym membership without an address, cell phone, credit card or sizeable deposit - forget about the fact that you look & smell terrible.
- leesalminen 5y agoI did it in Boulder , CO for a few months. I didn’t have an address but I did have a cell phone and debit (not credit) card. I did look and smell like a campfire. I’ve never heard of a deposit for a gym- those must be some fancy gymnasiums.
- endisneigh 5y agowhich gym was it? the cheapness gym I know of (Planet Fitness - $10/month) requires a bank account.
- leesalminen 5y agoI just checked because it’s been a few years. The building is now occupied by 24 Hour Fitness, but I don’t think that was the name of it when I used it. If gyms are cracking down on this use case then that is a shame. I wonder if you could retro-fit a 53’ tractor trailer into shower(s) + laundry stall(s) on wheels and bring it close to the “customer”? I wonder how that could work.
- leesalminen 5y agoWhen I was 21, our house of 4 was evicted because 1 didn’t pay rent and lied about it until we got notice to vacate. Luckily it was summer in Colorado so we decided to camp for a while. Unfortunately, I had just gotten a new (awesome) job and couldn’t go into the office smelling like campfires so I got a membership at the gym and showered there every morning. Never ended up exercising there though, ha.
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- JohnTHaller 5y ago> Gym memberships can be had for $20/month or less, and provide a full bathroom facility for showering and grooming. The gyms near me in NYC all require a permanent address, NY state ID, and a credit card.
- gruez 5y agoeven ones like YMCA?
- JohnTHaller 5y agoI'm not sure offhand. Looking at the local YMCA site it's $66/mo for a single location, asks for an address to sign up, and can do credit/debit as well as drafts from checking/savings account, so it appears you have to be "banked".
- Igelau 5y agoI suspect the strict dress code requirements at mine are secretly an anti-homeless measure.