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Most homeless shelters require guests to depart by 7:00 AM. Libraries in walkable communities throughout the US have found themselves in the daylight homeless shelter business, especially during winter.
Then there are the older adults who park themselves for the day to socialize.
Locals oftentimes resent their libraries being monopolized by homeless and/ or ethnic elderly and the increasingly common need for security. A percentage of the homeless and elderly demonstrate dementia/ mental illness.
Others view the situation as a demonstrated need for places designated for daylight sheltering, socialization and hot meals.
Some of the old folks might pick McDonalds over the library re not being able to bring a beverage into the library.
According to it, commercial space in that gentrifying area was leasing for rates higher than midtown Manhattan. That requires high volume / turnover in a fast food operation to turn a profit.
25% of elderly Asians live in poverty in NYC. Many are here as the result of chain migration. They have little to no Social Security income. Many live in subsidized housing and depend on SNAP benefits for food.
I am an on again/ off again Meals on Wheels home delivery volunteer. More than half of my deliveries are to Korean seniors. While some rent closet sized rooms in private residences, most live in a subsidized
senior complex.
Due to their limited English proficiency I don’t know much of their backstories beyond occasional boasting they have adult children who own small businesses and big homes in the suburbs. I suspect many worked in the background of a family business and their meager wages were not declared.
Not clear to me if they choose to not burden their families or the families prefer not to have aging relatives live with them when there are eligible low income senior welfare benefits.
How does that work? I was under the impression that when someone "sponsored" an individual for chain migration that they were required to provide for that person, should they not be able to do so themselves. Is that not the case? If their sponsors don't want the burden-why in the F should the US taxpayers assume it?
Our local libraries are free after school care for all the low income areas. They weren't designed to be that but it's what they've become. Kids watching youtube videos is all you'll see.
There is a library just blocks from there where they could probably get free Wi-Fi.
The libraries in Flushing, Queens are packed with people (generally old people) from open till close. They just sit there. They kick people out of the kids area who don't have kids. It's a mad house all day.
So I get why they sit in McDonalds, but I feel like a) give up your seat if there are people waiting for tables, and b) buy something every so often.
How does that work? I was under the impression that when someone "sponsored" an individual for chain migration that they were required to provide for that person, should they not be able to do so themselves. Is that not the case? If their sponsors don't want the burden-why in the F should the US taxpayers assume it?
As I understand it the obligation to financially support a family member who is benefitting from chain migration ends when the sponsored party :
Becomes a citizen, which may occur after 5 years of residence, or
Earns 40 quarters ( 10 years) of Social Security Credit , or
When the sponsors income falls below 125% of the FPL.
Late arriving immigrants have a higher incidence of living out their remaining years in poverty than younger immigrants.
Furthermore, there are accommodations for older immigrants that allow them to test for citizenship in their native language based on a combo of age and number of years of residency.
As a former restaurant owner, I can sympathize with McDonald's. It's not like the typical McDonald's has 230 seats -- I would imagine that the seating capacity in NYC is probably not much higher than 40, if that.
McDonald's could take the tough approach and get tresspass warnings on all of the FOPs, but that's asking for some seriously bad publicity.
What baffles me is the fact that these people have nothing better to do than hang out at a MCDONALD'S for over 12 hours. Those restaurants aren't that nice.
The heat and air quality in my town compels this old woman and DH to mall walk.
There is a food court in the mall. A group of seniors, I suspect from a church group, meanders every morning for about a mile, then sits in the food court nursing a cup of coffee for 2 hours. Same people in the same seats every day for months. About 30 of them. IDK what they have to talk to each other about after all this time.
And, they bring their own baked goods. Too bad for Cinnabon.
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