Homeless and free

Well deviate, I think your post was right on, and yet, I think having a redirect in your life is a great way to reset and let go of a certain type of stress. Having a reset is a great way to reconnect with yourself and the world and what you want and need.

It's definitely not easier, but it's a different way of living. I still think it's a valid choice for temporary living. Personally when I did it I feel like I learned a ton in a relatively short period of time, I worked more and worked harder and I tried new ways of working, met amazing people and decided what direction I wanted to take when I was done with that.

Most of the people I met were traveling and doing the work they loved. I think a lot of people find that passion or finally take a chance to learn, grow and try it when they are in circumstances outside of their norm. It's more challenging and more critical and also there are less distractions.

 

no. homelessness is merely one of the infinite diversities of existence.

no more nor less to be glorified then anything else. and far less harmful then to do so of a great many other things.

 

To express my contempt over People living like this of course.

 

An old buddy appeared on my doorstep just yesterday. He had been doing the "homeless thing" in Key West, Florida for ~ 8 yrs. He said it's the best. They provide huts to sleep in.
While you're not allowed by law to "beg" for money, if you are looking sad and hungry, the vacationers/tourists will just hand you money.
He only left there because his pension checks and retirement funds came through.
Go figure.

 

Lol!

 

Depends on the kind of homeless. A good deal of homelessness also comes with large addictions or mental health problems, which can be more harmful than most things.


However, I don't think that lifestylers are mocking the hardship homeless. There are so many ways to live life and a house with a picket fence isn't for all of us. Some of us crave simplicity and mobility. Some of us just don't fit in regular society. Some of us have no choice or mental illness or addiction to drive them to the street. It's definitely a rainbow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QKbIb8wcz0"]American Nomads

 

hmmm. i'm not inclined to readily label something good or bad. my husband and i have been "homeless" before in various situations, and it's a lot about your attitude and what you do with it. it can be fun, romantic, exciting, adventurous, terrifying, horrible, all at the same time. but everyone should experience alternative living at least once.

 

This docu. doesn't hold back on the crap and hardship.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8j8C9zrA_I"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8j8C9zrA_I

 

and that is your opinion

 

My Point was only that to fit in Society should not be a condition to have a home and a picket fence. I find it unfair that just because someone is mentally ill or eccentric, that nobody helps them out or keeps them out of a Job.

 

I would be NO good doing the "homeless thing." I need to go to Wawa ,aka, WinDixie, 7-11, Cumberland Farms, etc. when I want. Drink my beer cold after buying a 30 pack of it. Can honestly say that I've never drank from a "40." I'd rather not drink anything than drink "Natural Ice" or "Hurricane."
I buy my cigarettes by the carton, just can't imagine asking a total stranger to "save his short" for me.
"Need" my morning coffee with half and half.
Nah, I'll pass on the elective homeless thingy.
Considering myself "grateful."

 

But you would be even more grateful if you had experienced being homeless!

 

Asmodean, What you said is probably true,,,,just the same, I'll pass on that.

 

Europe --> Slovenia ---> Bovec

an laid back city not to many people there

 

i totally agree, but when its the guy who's screeching on the bus, i can kinda imagine why they have difficulties getting a job, screeching and screaming and mumbling and all. might scare customers. but yes. this country needs to do a far better job of caring for it's mentally ill.

 

Yes obviously. People don't go around posting other persons opinions.

 

Yeah, I know. If someone offers me money, I won't turn it down. If it's free, who cares?\
But I know how impossible it is to get a job when you're homeless. The employers will look down on you like you're a loser, even when they don't even know you or why you're homeless. Landlords won't rent to you because they see you as a loser, even when they have no idea why things turned for the worse, putting you on the street.

Last time I was homeless I was homeless for a little over a year. It doesn't matter if you have the money to rent, if the landlord doesn't want to rent to you, they won't. And no one can force them too. If you have to force a landlord to rent to you, count on having nothing but trouble from them. I found it exponentially easier to buy a home instead of rent. No one would rent to me. All sorts of excuses and sometimes outright lies, but then, if they have that much disgust for someone they don't know, then I certainly want nothing to do with them.

I was homeless because a man I have a permanent restraining order against made repeated threats against me, and people that know him and I and knew of the PRO took it upon themselves to harass me. Even though it's a felony in doing so, the cops didn't care. And still don't. I had no alternative to going homeless, short of killing the bastard. And once I was homeless, no way in hell of finding a place to rent.

Exactly. I don't care how nice any of you have it right now- always have an "alternative". For years after my first stint of being homeless as a runaway kid I made sure I had "something". I almost always had a travel trailer. Kept it paid off, in good shape and licensed. That was to my benefit a few times. being homeless is still being homeless, but it's far better having a trailer to stay in than having nothing. Maybe back east there are few places to go, out here there's USFS and BLM land I can stay on. I know the country well enough I know where I can park and for how long. But do not ever say that you'll never be homeless. When you say that you're seting yourself up for it.

Exactly. At the same time, watch how you talk about us fucking hippies. You may be surprised how many of us think along the same lines as you, or perhaps we agree, just not to the same degree as you.

Got that right!

 

This is what I'm struggling with. My husband got laid off and we can no longer afford the place we're at, so we're trying to find a smaller, cheaper place to rent that's within our means, until our job situation changes; we're doing the 'right thing' but we're facing so many hoops to jump through because nobody wants to rent to someone who just lost thier job, we may not end up with a place to live.

 

So this is the 80th post on this thread. Usually, I try to read all of the posts on a thread before posting, but this one is a bit long.

I would like to propose a thread that is actually related to answering the question asked in the OP, and information related to helping the homeless.

http://www.hipforums.com/newforums/showthread.php?p=7856231#post7856231

The current thread could then continue to be a thread mostly arguing/bitching about homeless people in general, or bitching about dutchblood in particular.

 

what about how awesome homeless/alternative living can be?