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How are you supposed to afford or access any of that if you're homeless?
Read the rather Draconianly limited poll options again. If you chose "Home in a hood" you wouldn't be homeless ! That still doesn't guarantee you could afford much of the damn good food, drink, or entertainment mentioned, but you wouldn't be so destitute you're homeless.
Last edited by Parnassia; 11-05-2022 at 02:23 PM..
Eh, if I'm not mistaken, the homeless in those so called world class cities are usually situated in the worst parts of the city. Either way, I'd pick the hood, because at least in the hood you are going to get some damn good food and drink and entertainment.
Not entirely true. They'll camp out in avg. parts of Venice, Hollywood, Santa Monica, etc.
Dam good food in the hood? Which hood?
The decent restaurants and better fast food places are in avg. to upscale parts of town.
The real hood has donuts and chinese food, fried chicken, and burger places.
If you mean an avg. hood then I agree and the prices aren't raised so high.
The only reason why you'd WANT to be homeless (legitimately) is if you suffered from mental illness.
I guess I understand the intrigue of the question, but would I still be ME... as in, do I get to have all my knowledge, even if I no longer have my degrees on paper to show for it? If I still have my knowledge and skills, then no problem. Do I own the home in crack-town? Because if I did... at least I'd have something to sell. I'd turn my life around quick. I'd clean myself up... lots of fantastic clothes at Goodwill for pennies... and I'd start applying to jobs and saving up some money in a checking account. Then as I worked my way up, I'd ACE an associates degree from the local community college since those degrees are insanely cheap.
But homeless in San Francisco... kill me now. I can't make it down the street without stepping in crap.
This is not a choice that any rational person would likely be making in the real world. Most people who live on the street have serious drug and alcohol problems often associated with untreated mental illnesses.
A know a few young people who roughed it sleeping in their car/crashing on friends couches for a short period of time when starting a new job and trying to scrape together a security deposit and/or find roommates but that is not the same as being homeless on the streets.
There are however those who turn up their noses at cities like Detroit and choose to complain about not being able to afford a house (in a premium location) when there are numerous locations across the country where one can find a nice home that actually fits their needs, budget, and job skill set.
Totally agree with Lincolnian except to note that those young people who have are looking for or starting a job with no housing yet are seen by the rest of us as “homeless”.
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! That still doesn't guarantee you could afford much of the damn good food, drink, or entertainment mentioned, but you wouldn't be so destitute you're homeless.
