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Ok, you had a safety net, and it's MUCH easier if you don't have financial obligations(children, mortgages, etc..). Most blue collar people I know can't impose
by GFischer 13y ago
Ok, you had a safety net, and it's MUCH easier if you don't have financial obligations(children, mortgages, etc..).
Most blue collar people I know can't impose on friends too much - young ones might get a couch to crash, but their friends are too poor to pay for one month of free food and transport, so some sort of savings is mandatory if you want to quit. For older ones, it's unthinkable without significant savings.
- dnautics 13y agoeveryone, except possibly the mentally insane has a bigger safety net than they think they have. Even the homeless avoid shelters (rightfully in many cases, since many are violent places).
- GFischer 13y ago"everyone, except possibly the mentally insane has a bigger safety net than they think they have" That may be so, but I guess you're from the United States, right? To be honest, my country has several welfare programs, but they're bureaucratic and marginalizing, I think most people wouldn't like hitting rock bottom like that, and for a dubious chance at a career change - my country does have free university, but I don't think you can do it from the street, and shelter is only available in winter. I agree you wouldn't starve, at least in the U.S. or here in Uruguay, I can think of several places I wouldn't try it out, but it would be a huge hurdle to overcome (not to mention the difficulty of getting reinserted in society).