How the "homeless" in America live - middle class to most of the world...
I guess this confirms what Rush Limbaugh always says about our poor in this country - even the homeless have a PlayStation and microwave!
Let's frigging hope so.
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What a ride ping!
Virtually all of the homeless in my town congregate in areas around dowtown or around the intersate shopping areas (best intersections for panhandling)
One guy has separated from the bunch and took up residence under an overpass in my suburban part of town. He lives in the low crime, higher income zip code and rides the bus to his "intersection" in the other part of town. He must have a crash pad elsewhere because sometimes he's gone for 2-3 days at a time.
That's the thing. Wouldn't it be easier to hold down a day job?
I SO need pics of this bridge lair.
We had better all start looking for our own bridges to squat under after this tyrant and his rubber stamp "City Council" raises taxes next year. I never thought that I would agree with Dorothy "the Hat" Tillman about anything, but she was right for being one of the few to vote against it. Probably for the wrong reasons though, like there not being enough wealth redistribution for her tastes.
I think sometimes we forget how hard life can get. I feel very sorry for the men living under the bridge. Partly because Michael Scipior, the one who got arrested and told the cops about the place is my brother, partly because the two mentioned have so much potential and it is wasted.
Sometimes it is just hard to believe that my own brother ended up in the situation he is in. We were both adopted by different families and Mike was just never the same after that. Even as a kid he was very troublesome. He had all the care he needed from professionals, but I guess that just goes to show that psychiatric help only works on those who want it.
I can only imagine how hard of a life it is for those two.
As the old saying goes, "Three men can keep a secret if two of them are dead."
During my time living under unconventional circumstances, I learned you don't have room mates and you keep your mouth shut. Otherwise you will often find yourself in more dire straits than you started in.