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MrMoon
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Re: Left moms house. What are the steps i should think of now? [Re: Shroomslip]
#26402578 - 12/27/19 07:07 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Shroomslip said: Living on the streets is no way to live. Worse it seems the more accustomed to it people get, the less likely they are to ever move on to anything resembling stability. Not just because they don't desire to move on, either. The longer you live that lifestyle, the harder it gets to even take the necessary steps to move past it.
My honest advice is, barring better options like renting a room, staying at a friend's house or going to a bunkhouse type thing, is go to a homeless shelter that has some kind of occupational program, do the bullshit you have to do to get a job, keep the job, save a ton of money, and move out on your own.
My brother has spent a lot of years in the street now. He used to want to get an apartment and be independent and shit. Last time we really talked about the future, his biggest aspirations were to get a small generator that can run an AC in his tent. How damn sad is that? It's not because he's some minimalist or anything either. He's just perfectly fine digging food out of trash cans and living out of a tent as long as he doesn't have to be a semi-responsible adult.
Btw I just moved out of a homeless shelter after doing exactly what I suggested above. That's why I do. Damn sure beats living off the streets.
I read a study that said the longer they stay outside the less likely they are to find permanent housing
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goldcaphunter
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Re: Left moms house. What are the steps i should think of now? [Re: Hartford]
#26403523 - 12/27/19 07:25 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Hartford said: Buy bread, saltine crackers and sardines in Louisiana hot sauce, a toothbrush holder (brush, travel size toothpaste & floss), put a cotton ball in the toothbrush holder so it won't rattle. Make a resume and keep it on your jump drive. Then travel to the nearest community public library or homeless shelter and get comfortable for the winter.
Honestly good advice
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Shroomslip
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Re: Left moms house. What are the steps i should think of now? [Re: MrMoon]
#26403616 - 12/27/19 08:24 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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MrMoon said:
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Shroomslip said: Living on the streets is no way to live. Worse it seems the more accustomed to it people get, the less likely they are to ever move on to anything resembling stability. Not just because they don't desire to move on, either. The longer you live that lifestyle, the harder it gets to even take the necessary steps to move past it.
My honest advice is, barring better options like renting a room, staying at a friend's house or going to a bunkhouse type thing, is go to a homeless shelter that has some kind of occupational program, do the bullshit you have to do to get a job, keep the job, save a ton of money, and move out on your own.
My brother has spent a lot of years in the street now. He used to want to get an apartment and be independent and shit. Last time we really talked about the future, his biggest aspirations were to get a small generator that can run an AC in his tent. How damn sad is that? It's not because he's some minimalist or anything either. He's just perfectly fine digging food out of trash cans and living out of a tent as long as he doesn't have to be a semi-responsible adult.
Btw I just moved out of a homeless shelter after doing exactly what I suggested above. That's why I do. Damn sure beats living off the streets.
I read a study that said the longer they stay outside the less likely they are to find permanent housing
Really wouldn't surprise me. The people who seem to actually move on from it, are almost universally people who just fell on hard times or find themselves in some circumstance that left them temporarily without a place to stay. The vast majority of people who came and went through that place (program and rescue, rescue being the people who just come in on a night to night basis for food and a place to sleep) that had already spent 6-12 months on the street either found themselves in tent City/sleeping on sidewalks, or just stay there indefinitely. There's a very large percentage of rescue clients who were there way before I ever showed up. They have no desire to get out of the situation.
A lot of them get govt. Checks and come the first of the month, the population decreases by almost half for a week or so as they all go blow all their money on a hotel room and booze/drugs. Then they're back until the first rolls around again.
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