Very interesting and thought provoking. Patients who were previously homeless have all told me that their biggest fear was getting attacked while sleeping at night. It never dawned on me that sleeping during the day is a much safer option.
I think weather plays a big factor In homeless. I’d rather be homeless in LA than Detroit in the winter.
As someone who was homeless in Arizona (and other places) for a several years, I have to agree with Ryan in that I’m pretty sure we’ve all heard about enough from the perspective of small business owners. You were pretty impressed though, clearly. Especially, it would seem, with the fact that “people weren’t pitted against each other.”
I haven’t been very excited about this newsletter in a while now. It’s clear that y’all are way too blinded by your privileged backgrounds to be writing about these topics.
Sorry I’m crabby but I’m about to lose another apartment and I can no longer afford to rent any place in any city in this country anymore. I really can’t give a shit about some sandwich shop
I don’t feel I am knowledgeable enough to even comment on this, but I have to say that I think a factor that could play a part in a portion of people who have experienced homelessness is mass incarceration. When you’re released from prison, at least in my daughter’s experience, you are just let out--given no substantial assistance/support. Oh, I mis-spoke. She got a piece of paper noting which companies MIGHT hire felons. If you have felonies, it’s very difficult to find a job, and if you have drug charges, you are. ineligible for state assistance--such as food stamps, Medicaid or housing assistance. (This may have changed in the ten years since she was released from prison). My daughter wanted to live in Palm Beach County Florida, where she thought there would be a good “recovery” community, so I drove her down and paid for her first week at a little motel. It was $200 a week which would be $800 a month --which is a lot for someone with no job obviously. She quickly started working for an escort service. I don’t know the extent of her times being homeless because she didn’t want to worry me. But she was in Palm Beach County where the whole rehab fraud (later exposed) was going on, so I know there were many people leaving rehab who were not equipped to find housing in expensive, coastal, tourist oriented South Florida.
Very interesting and thought provoking. Patients who were previously homeless have all told me that their biggest fear was getting attacked while sleeping at night. It never dawned on me that sleeping during the day is a much safer option.
I think weather plays a big factor In homeless. I’d rather be homeless in LA than Detroit in the winter.
Glad you picked up this story, when I read it yesterday I was wondering what you’d think of it.
As someone who was homeless in Arizona (and other places) for a several years, I have to agree with Ryan in that I’m pretty sure we’ve all heard about enough from the perspective of small business owners. You were pretty impressed though, clearly. Especially, it would seem, with the fact that “people weren’t pitted against each other.”
I haven’t been very excited about this newsletter in a while now. It’s clear that y’all are way too blinded by your privileged backgrounds to be writing about these topics.
Sorry I’m crabby but I’m about to lose another apartment and I can no longer afford to rent any place in any city in this country anymore. I really can’t give a shit about some sandwich shop
I don’t feel I am knowledgeable enough to even comment on this, but I have to say that I think a factor that could play a part in a portion of people who have experienced homelessness is mass incarceration. When you’re released from prison, at least in my daughter’s experience, you are just let out--given no substantial assistance/support. Oh, I mis-spoke. She got a piece of paper noting which companies MIGHT hire felons. If you have felonies, it’s very difficult to find a job, and if you have drug charges, you are. ineligible for state assistance--such as food stamps, Medicaid or housing assistance. (This may have changed in the ten years since she was released from prison). My daughter wanted to live in Palm Beach County Florida, where she thought there would be a good “recovery” community, so I drove her down and paid for her first week at a little motel. It was $200 a week which would be $800 a month --which is a lot for someone with no job obviously. She quickly started working for an escort service. I don’t know the extent of her times being homeless because she didn’t want to worry me. But she was in Palm Beach County where the whole rehab fraud (later exposed) was going on, so I know there were many people leaving rehab who were not equipped to find housing in expensive, coastal, tourist oriented South Florida.