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I live in an area with massive homeless populations and in an area where the average price of rent has raised nearly 50% in the period since COVID-19. I've seen

I live in an area with massive homeless populations and in an area where the average price of rent has raised nearly 50% in the period since COVID-19. I've seen a startling amount of what I can only describe as "new" homeless in this same period, and a growing cruelty in the way my city and surrounding cities have decided to deal with the problem. I think systemically, the cruelty might be a little bit of the point - fear of homelessness has way too many times in my life gotten my ass out of bed in the morning for a soul-crushing minimum wage gig. Being poor or sick or mentally ill should not be criminalized, unfortunately, that ship has long sailed.

nelsoch 2y ago
"""- fear of homelessness has way too many times in my life gotten my ass out of bed in the morning for a soul-crushing minimum wage gig. Being poor or sick or mentally ill should not be criminalized, unfortunately, that ship has long sailed.""" It doesn't help with all the layoffs that subsequently caused people not to be able afford previous living conditions- which means having to have had to relocate far- far away from family. A lot of former IT colleagues of mine have degraded their way of living to sleeping on friends couches or leaving the industry altogether for manageable pay. Personally, I've always had the paranoia of getting axed for being sick 'at a bad time' for one of my previous employers. My current company seems to be mostly sympathetic, which has left me in a awkwardly distrustful/appreciative state. But with things winding down right now- I'm not sure where my future lies come the turn of the year.