Anybody here ever been homeless or are now homeless?

Anybody here ever been homeless or are now homeless?
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Welcome @EverRose11 . I have been lucky, but it’s amazing how expensive things are becoming in the USA and how big (thus expensive) most houses/apartments are compared to the basic needs of a person…
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Have you ever been homeless?

Description : Have you ever been homeless?

Last Answer : I was forced out of an apartment once because of unlivable conditions. I basically lived out of my car and couch surfed at friends places for a few weeks until I found a new place. It was ... was early fall so it was still hot. Not having friends would have drastically changed that situation though.

Have you ever found yourself suddenly homeless?

Description : Have you ever found yourself suddenly homeless?

Last Answer : Fortunately not, but I do wish you luck in your search, you sound like a good bloke :¬)

What are the penalties for giving out money or food to the homeless in your city?

Description : What are the penalties for giving out money or food to the homeless in your city?

Last Answer : There are none that I’m aware of. I hand out spare cash to homeless people at times. Not much but all I can do. Why the heck would people be penalized for that? Has society sunk that far down into the dregs?

What do you believe causes some people not to view the homeless as people?

Description : What do you believe causes some people not to view the homeless as people?

Last Answer : Loitering around where you need to go and aggressive panhandling. I was homeless for a week and I still didn’t go to the free meals, because I was bullied as a small child and I stay away from certain groups, especially adult men. I can’t go even now and I am still scared of being confronted.

Would it be viable for the USA to create a designated town for the homeless where it would be government or private sector funded similar to retirement homes?

Description : Would it be viable for the USA to create a designated town for the homeless where it would be government or private sector funded similar to retirement homes?

Last Answer : ~They do It is called Detroit. It sounds like the sanctuary’s from Star Trek Deep Space 9 where Ben Sisko traveled back in time to the rounding up of homeless people into sealed communities.

Realistically, is there any way to really help a homeless person?

Description : Realistically, is there any way to really help a homeless person?

Last Answer : I believe in putting my support with the agencies that deal with the greatest number of people. To give a hand out to a person on the street is not really helping them.

What would you do if you were homeless?

Description : What would you do if you were homeless?

Last Answer : I would try to get a job. Thats the only thing I could think of. And if that didnt work I’d just get arrested on purpose so I could have a roof over my head and food to eat. Lol

Would you give a dollar to a homeless guy?

Description : Would you give a dollar to a homeless guy?

Last Answer : My wife has always told me to never pass by a homeless person, without giving them something. she states they may be an angel in disguise and testing you. although i may question her theory here, what do i ... or a dollar is not going to break me and why take the chance that my wife is not correct?

Would you consider using mouth-to-mouth to save a homeless panhandler?

Description : Would you consider using mouth-to-mouth to save a homeless panhandler?

Last Answer : I’m evil i know, but i won’t be able to do it. :( And if i did have to do it, i’d probably throw up all over the guy. I don’t even like shaking hands with strangers, never mind giving them mouth to mouth… :S

What do homeless do everyday?

Description : What do homeless do everyday?

Last Answer : They live outside yoshinoya then when they get tired of living there the move behind the panda express..

What is it like to be homeless?

Description : What is it like to be homeless?

Last Answer : No place to run away from nature harassment. Must sustain your life with the limited access of vital equipment,etc,etc….

Why do the homeless make some people feel so uncomfortable?

Description : Why do the homeless make some people feel so uncomfortable?

Last Answer : Maybe something like “survivor’s guilt,” only in regards to prosperity? They have so much, he has so little, and they could help but choose not to. Or do, but can never do enough. Either that, or a kind of classism. “OMG, we’re so much better than him! How dare he sit where we sit!”

Which city/country has the best support system for homeless people?

Description : Which city/country has the best support system for homeless people?

Last Answer : starbux, This is your 5th question regarding homelessness. Are you homeless? Is this a question for some sort of project for school, an organization, or other?

What's the cheapest - but most nutritious - food for a homeless person to buy?

Description : What's the cheapest - but most nutritious - food for a homeless person to buy?

Last Answer : Rice? It is the staple food of the majority of people on earth. You get protien, carbs and fibre all in one easy to digest package.

If you were homeless and someone gave you $1, how would you spend it?

Description : If you were homeless and someone gave you $1, how would you spend it?

Last Answer : I’d spend it on malt liquor. That or I would hustle 9 more sucker s for a buck and get a dime piece of crack. Thats how it is for 90% of the spare me a dollar guys.

What's the biggest threat that a homeless person faces?

Description : What's the biggest threat that a homeless person faces?

Last Answer : The cold weather. I’ve always heard stories of homeless people being froze to death

What would you do if you were suddenly homeless?

Description : What would you do if you were suddenly homeless?

Last Answer : i’d learn the ways of the streets. then i would forge a bum kingdom, using fear and cups of change to rise up and overcome. rated pg-13 for intense action sequences, brief sensuality and zombie-related humor.

What's the backstory you create for crazy or homeless people?

Description : What's the backstory you create for crazy or homeless people?

Last Answer : I never really thought about it but mine is like yours.

Survival based upon smarts, charity, or luck?

Description : Survival based upon smarts, charity, or luck?

Last Answer : Maybe too much is being read into this question. How can a person outfit another without ‘giving’ them anything? Let’s say that I draw a map to the local homeless shelter or police station. Wouldn’t that still be giving the person something?

You are going to lose your home and can’t avoid it. Would you answer the request of a well-known acquaintance to bilk his/her company out of a ton of money for a share of the take?

Description : You are going to lose your home and can’t avoid it. Would you answer the request of a well-known acquaintance to bilk his/her company out of a ton of money for a share of the take?

Last Answer : Hell yes

Can you say you live somewhere when its the address for everything about you?

Description : Can you say you live somewhere when its the address for everything about you?

Last Answer : answer:Well this depends… Do you want to build a snowman?

How is homelessness a choice?

Description : How is homelessness a choice?

Last Answer : answer:In some instances it is a choice, but that choice is based on treatable mental conditions. For example, some Vietnam Veterans came home with PTSD so severe it gave them extreme agoraphobia and they ... the poor panhandler's kids can get a used jacket in time for the winter snowstorms. Maybe.

How should I be fair in regards to beggers?

Description : How should I be fair in regards to beggers?

Last Answer : answer:I know this will sound cruel but you must look out for yourself first. Stopping to give increases the danger to you and your wallet. You cannot afford that now nor do you have the skills to avoid ... to say it but the safest ans surest path for you is to keep moving fast and straight ahead.

Can you spare any change?

Description : Can you spare any change?

Last Answer : Dinero

Are there other options besides living on the street?

Description : Are there other options besides living on the street?

Last Answer : answer:For some people no. Some people may be able to sleep at friend's homes or with their family but usually that isn't an open ended situation. If you don't have family and friends who will take ... be very limited) it may be a shop doorway or under a bridge is the only place available to you.

Why can beggars not be choosers?

Description : Why can beggars not be choosers?

Last Answer : I agree with your assessment. Check out this thread. There are some people who seem to resent the homeless as just lazy people who are after “easy money”. I don’t get it.

What survival tricks do the destitute and near-destitute know that the rest of us don't?

Description : What survival tricks do the destitute and near-destitute know that the rest of us don't?

Last Answer : I think the greatest skill you would need to have is to be able to humble yourself enough to ask for help or money, one that I now lack but wonder if it would kick in in such a dire situation.

How exactly do you escape homelessness?

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Last Answer : I thump and loot drug dealers using my wicked kung fu skills.

Will we see a resurgence of boarding houses?

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Last Answer : Unfortunately, I subscribe to the thought expressed in your last paragraph. I trust my wife and daughter – and that’s it. Everyone else stays at arm’s length. So while I interact with oodles of very nice people every day, the idea of anyone else living under our roof would never cross my mind.

Does anyone here believe they've ever heard a suitable explanation for the abrupt appearance of armies of homeless people on the nation's streets in the mid 80s?

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Last Answer : I would like to hear your theory.

I believe we are being targeted by a homeless woman on our street and now our new car has been vandalized. What recourse, if any, do we have?

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I just got a divorce and as soon as it was final... my ex husband made me and my kids get out of his house. We are now homeless. Does anyone know of free temporary housing in Birmingham, Alabama Please HELP!!?

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Last Answer : The address for free temporary housing is 2736Tyler Road, Brimingham, AL 35226,US(205)979-0033 email to :_ [email protected]

Anybody here ever use the site Askville?

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Has anybody on here ever purchased anything from Gothic Cabinet Craft?

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Anybody here with parosmia? Is it worth a doctor visit?

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Anybody from Southern Wisconsin here and doing okay?

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Does anybody around here actually use Alexa or Siri to do things?

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Does anybody else here do the Spelling Bee puzzle in the New York Times?

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Anybody here seen "Kimi No Na Wa"? If so, your thoughts?

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Anybody here familiar with the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program?

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