Unemployed and Looking at Possibly Becoming Homeless? (collecting, work, money)
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There are threads that speak about how to get assistance re: food, tent cities where people haven't yet been kicked out of, etc.
There is also a homeless forum called homeslessworld in the groups.yahoo forums, but I don't want to give the link because there is a picture on the page that is extremely disturbing to see. Only go there if you have a strong stomache.
It is funny you mention that, because I am a member of that forum (under a different screen name). I have been homeless before and managed to make it. Hopefully, others can too.
Thank You for this Post & Information!!!!
This is very real for me, at 52 yo & a Degree in Accounting.
As a 99er, I am at this point resigned to waiting for the sheriff to post the notice on my home.
I am copying this post & saving it, Again, Thank YOU!!!!
There are threads that speak about how to get assistance re: food, tent cities where people haven't yet been kicked out of, etc.
There is also a homeless forum called homeslessworld in the groups.yahoo forums, but I don't want to give the link because there is a picture on the page that is extremely disturbing to see. Only go there if you have a strong stomache.
How do the homeless have computers and internet service?
Thank You for this Post & Information!!!!
This is very real for me, at 52 yo & a Degree in Accounting.
As a 99er, I am at this point resigned to waiting for the sheriff to post the notice on my home.
I am copying this post & saving it, Again, Thank YOU!!!!
Your welcome.
There are others sites as well, including one where a young man has been living in his truck for about a year, and he's actually quite happy, believe it or not. The truck has cap on the back of it, and he has a cot, cooking utensils, a small (battery-powered??) TV, radio, all nicely in place. He takes showers where they are outdoors, such as at beaches, or even at apartment complexes--the residents think he's a resident. He moves around, he mentioned that he doesn't stay inthe same place all the time. It's on a wilderness/hiking website, and I don't recall the name of it.
How do the homeless have computers and internet service?
They keep their computers, I guess from before they became homeless.
And if you read through the forum there is a thread, I think, on how to get free wireless Internet service. Basically, you roam around until you find a home/business which hasn't encrypted its wireless service, I think.
I was homeless for about two years once. Like the man Jane described, I lived in my car and can honestly say I didn't mind it all that much in some ways. I still ate pretty well, I took a shower every couple days at the local community college, I was able to spend the night "camping" in a lot of beautiful places around my county, state and nation. There was a freedom and flexibility to it that were very helpful as I was trying to get on my feet.
At the time, I had absolutely no income, so homelessness was about my only option. Now that I'm again out of work, but this time collecting unemployment, I often ask myself why I'm spending the vast majority of my monthly unemployment money just to keep a roof over my head when I know perfectly well that I could be living in my car just like I was before, which would let me save comparatively vast sums of money in case unemployment runs out before I have a job and also allow me to be much more mobile in my job search.
Well, the answer is that even though I'm able to describe my homelessness in a way that physically sounds pretty decent, for me at least it was a mentally and spiritually crushing thing. The instability, loneliness and shame (yeah, I damn well know better than to be ashamed of it, but I still couldn't avoid feeling it at some level--actually, many levels) made just staying sane from day to day, let alone keeping my will set on improving things, the hugest task I've ever faced.
Sometimes there really is no other alternative, in which case you have to embrace it to survive. Make it a choice even if it really wasn't. But unless you're a very resilient person with no susceptibility to depression or other mental breakdowns, I'd definitely advise *EVERY* other conceivable alternative before homelessness, no matter. Because it's always bad if you lose your grip on hope and security, but if it happens when you're homeless...you're plain screwed.
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