people having troubles to getting stable in life ?

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does anyone have that , that you always have problems with everything not getting anything done.
i have no work and no income , only have some left on the bank that will be gone soon.

i am afraid to be homeless and being one of those sitting on the street corners.
i have difficulties with living this life, life itself is hard enough for me.

am i the only one feeling this way, a lot of guys i see do seem to have it good.

The streets are filling with homeless aspies. I meet new ones every day.

Given my years of homelessness, I could never be one to say I won't be homeless again. It's always just around the corner.

there will always be those greater and lesser than oneself. we as mortals tend to discount [at best] and ignore [at worst] the travails of those we perceive to be beneath us in the pecking order, if we are not in fact [by word or deed or omission of goodwill] doing to them what we are having done to us by our [so-called] betters. even the poor don't seem to care much for the poor. what a world.

A lot of the times I was homeless I had a car so that helped.

I slept in one car in L.A. (in a park during the day and the West Hollywood Library parking lot at night).

In Nashville I slept in a car which I kept in a Walmart Parking lot.

In NY I slept in those porno theatres. They were open 24 hours and we just had to leave around 11:30 PM for the theatre to be cleaned.

I drove across the country twice and slept in my car in the truck stops.

I stayed in a shelter in Rhode Island for months. I stayed just one day in the L.A shelter, though. The place was a joke. I would've been better off in jail.

Listen to redrobin and get yourself a vehicle if it comes it homelessness. It's not terrible at all, especially if you plan ahead.

As redrobin62 said, it's much easier being homeless if you have a car to sleep in.

I speak from experience. I've been between homes a few times, a few different circumstances and places. But the car is key. I'd feel so vulnerable without a car.

On the other hand, when I was younger I also hitchhiked around the American West, and had nothing but a backpack and a bedroll. It was a long time ago; I don't think I'd want to do it now.
But, I know a young person who did something similar, about a year ago: hitchhiked, and hopped trains, or however you call it, & traveled on Greyhounds when she had money from panhandling or picking up odd-jobs. She was telling me, there are a whole bunch of people out there doing that. They run a circuit, certain cities in different parts of the country - they kind of seem to clump in groups. I don't know if that's what you want.

For me, I have never hopped a train (getting on w/o paying, often while the train is moving, for those unfamiliar with the idiom - or if I got it wrong) and I most certainly wouldn't do it without someone experienced to show me what to do. Well at this point, in my 50's, I'll never do it. But hitchhiking is pretty basic. It would probably be pretty cool with a dog.

I've never been homeless without a dog, I think that helps too. A dog and a car, you're totally set. Warm places in the winter, so you don't die of being frozen. The most recent time I was between homes for about a month, I stayed in front of the Library, where there was free wifi, while my son & dog snored away next to me. It was cool. A car can be a home.


Traveling is a good way to deal with homelessness, if you have the freedom to go. There's a lot to be seen out there, and

. . . and yeah, a lot to see out there. And YOLO as they say ... which may or may not be true, but I think it is.

I'm sorry, I probably didn't even come close to answering your question, shamo.

I've been homeless with a VW combi van and my best friend my dog. Hate cities so spent most of the time in nature camping in my van. Vans are better than cars cause you can cover the windows and have a room to lay down in complete privacy also lots of room to wash in a bucket change clothes and store stuff. My van cost me $1000.

^^^
hope it lasts a good long time, your van that is.

Many years ago I was in that situation but as another said its always something that could easily happen again. It's good to have a plan and be prepared for the worst

Most people who know me always considered me to be a big baby, as well as a lazy s.o.b. At this point in my life, I no longer care. I'm tired of all the crap. Although I have relatives on the spectrum, they have little sympathy or compassion regarding my issues. So as far I'm concerned, I'll just keep my mouth and my mind closed from now on. The old slogan for the United Negro College Fund is right: a mind is a terrible thing to waste.