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21 Jun 2018, 9:15 am

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Fnord, everything you are saying now is what I was saying all along. Unemployment and poverty are causes of homelessness in addition to mental issues. There really isn't anything to argue about.
Then stop arguing.



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21 Jun 2018, 12:53 pm

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I wish I had that option.



Being a woman is an advantage. :D


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22 Jun 2018, 8:01 am

League_Girl wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
I wish I had that option.
Being a woman is an advantage.
It certainly is. I wonder how many women in a committed relationship would be homeless without one?



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22 Jun 2018, 9:00 am

Probably a decent quantity. Hence the existence of shelters for abused women.

Even though, it must be said, that there are probably at least ten homeless men to one homeless woman. The ratio is probably much less for teenage runaway homeless people.



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22 Jun 2018, 10:06 am

Fnord, you presented yourself differently in the beginning of this thread in that you acted as if homelessness could not occur through no fault of ones own. Than you provide your background which shows you were faultless.



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22 Jun 2018, 11:14 am

League_Girl wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
I wish I had that option.



Being a woman is an advantage. :D


This is especially true for attractive single women. One of my sister's friends is a freelance model based in NYC, and she admitted that male friends and suitors pay for her rent, clothing, car, and other expenses. She's pretty much been taken care of her whole life. Many women stay single for as long as possible to take advantage of this.



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22 Jun 2018, 11:20 am

Nobody would pay for my ugly self :wink:



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22 Jun 2018, 11:24 am

What happens when you lose your looks? You better have something to fall back on. Those same guys paying the pretty girl's bills are going to drop her for someone younger eventually.



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22 Jun 2018, 1:10 pm

Fnord wrote:
League_Girl wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
I wish I had that option.
Being a woman is an advantage.
It certainly is. I wonder how many women in a committed relationship would be homeless without one?



I've noticed most of the homeless in the streets are men. Very few are women. Women who are homeless usually look clean. I always wonder what brought them in the streets. Did they have a fight with their boyfriend so they got kicked out? They usually have shelters for women so women have a place to go to when homeless. They even have shelters for families too when they are homeless. When I see a car filled with stuff and it's obvious someone lives in their car, I assume they have a job and they got rented out of their home or evicted so they are working to get back on their feet again. They can't afford a hotel room and some people choose to not go to a shelter because of sexual assault or theft. I have seen homeless people say online, they join the gym so they can shower and they go to a laundromat to wash their clothes. But those people are privileged because they have jobs and can get one. They can get a PO box too for mail. Some use a address of a vacant home for delivery or when applying for work. They go to the library for internet or they use their smart phones and find a place to charge their phones. Barnes & Noble has plenty of sockets. Those people you might not see literally in the streets and making messes and causing a scene and camping out and making tent cities. The higher class ones would either live in a hotel room or stay with friends since they have friends who are also high class and have a home than an apartment. My parents were privileged to stay with a friend who lived in a big enough house that had room for us when we were between houses because their house had sold sooner than they were expecting. If they didn't have that privilege, the hotel room would have been the other option or they could have rented an apartment and lease it month to month.


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22 Jun 2018, 1:13 pm

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What happens when you lose your looks? You better have something to fall back on. Those same guys paying the pretty girl's bills are going to drop her for someone younger eventually.



If they are rich, they usually pay for plastic surgeries and stuff to keep their young looks. This is common in celebrities.


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22 Jun 2018, 1:55 pm

HistoryGal wrote:
Fnord, you presented yourself differently in the beginning of this thread in that you acted as if homelessness could not occur through no fault of ones own. Than you provide your background which shows you were faultless.
See? There you go again!



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22 Jun 2018, 8:17 pm

Fnord, I'm merely explaining what I saw. That's not arguing.



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22 Jun 2018, 8:20 pm

Fnord, have you told others that they can too better themselves or their situations? Your experience would be a decent road map for a few out there.



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22 Jun 2018, 10:08 pm

I seem to recall that this happened a lot in past years :)



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23 Jun 2018, 8:32 pm

HistoryGal wrote:
Fnord, have you told others that they can too better themselves or their situations? Your experience would be a decent road map for a few out there.
I have -- many times in the last ten years that I've been on this website.
B19 wrote:
I seem to recall that this happened a lot in past years.
Indeed.



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26 Jun 2018, 8:47 am

HistoryGal wrote:
Fnord, I'm merely explaining what I saw. That's not arguing.
Riiiiight... :roll: