The homeless
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I live in North Quito, Ecuador (South America). It's always had a rampant population of homeless, so not much has changed.
Exactly. A fun fact is that most hobos actually have iPhones and are just homeless because they had to sell their house just to pay the bills for it.Shycte said:
There's like a no-homeless people ban in my county, or something.
You see them on the highway and every now and then, but the cops are pretty quick to tell them to bugger off.
Anyways, I'll stop rambling now. To answer the OP's question, I live in a nice area, like really nice, so we don't have many. They wouldn't blend in with all the expensive landscaping.
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You see them on the highway and every now and then, but the cops are pretty quick to tell them to bugger off.
Most of the homeless people I've met around here have been awesome though. They're honest at least, such as telling my friend and I that he wanted some money for beer, and was going to go smoke a joint with his friend. And I quote, 'At least I'm not a crack-head.' I always give them cigarettes too. I let the same guy borrow my lighter and he felt the need to inform me that, and I quote: 'Don't worry, I won't steal your lighter. Only a crackhead would steal your lighter.'
His name is Captain Caveman.
I'm not even kidding.
We also had one that came by Starbucks every day, dug through the trash and would take people's half-empty drinks. I liked him because he never, ever asked for money or handouts. So I always gave him a few cigarettes.
I run from the ones who get in your face.
Reminds me of when I visited Atlanta a few months back... I saw a homeless guy get in a fight with a trash-can. I don't think he won... /:
His name is Captain Caveman.
I'm not even kidding.
We also had one that came by Starbucks every day, dug through the trash and would take people's half-empty drinks. I liked him because he never, ever asked for money or handouts. So I always gave him a few cigarettes.
I run from the ones who get in your face.
Reminds me of when I visited Atlanta a few months back... I saw a homeless guy get in a fight with a trash-can. I don't think he won... /:
Anyways, I'll stop rambling now. To answer the OP's question, I live in a nice area, like really nice, so we don't have many. They wouldn't blend in with all the expensive landscaping.
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I live in San Francisco.....it's like homeless central up here. Thanks a lot Santa Barbara. *Angry fist
I'm not going to get into a big debate about this, but all I'm going to say (and this is inevitable) is that communism would make sure the homeless are taken care of and become happy and healthy workers in society.
And to ensure that this is not going to be an argument, I will now refute all of your arguments which have about as much originality and innovation as the next Tomb Raider game:
Q:BUT LOOK AT CUBA AND CHINA AND NORTH KOREA!
A:North Korea and China are not communist states, despite what they would have you believe. They are totalitarian dictatorships akin to fascism. Cuba is poor because it is socialist, not *quite* communist, and therefore has an economy and thus makes use of currency. Cuba has no trade partners, and so it is screwed until things get better, either through assistance or the country's own growth.
Q:THERE IS NO FREEDOM IN COMMUNISM! OMFGZ!
A:Little could be further from the truth, actually. There's a lot more freedom (and opportunity) in communism than there could be in any capitalist country, be it with choice of career, leisure, or what have you.
Q:COMMUNISM KILLED MORE PEOPLE THAN HITLER!
A:No, Stalin did. Stalin is not communism. Stalin may have been a communist but he did not follow all of the rules, guidelines, or what have you and thus the Soviet Union failed as it became much too authoritarian and a lot of other things that go against communism's teachings. Also, keep in mind that without the communist victories in Stalingrad and Berlin, you'd be speaking German right now. Unless your skin is a shade darker than chalk, in which case you would be dead. And don't tell me Hitler allied with the Arabs, because while he did, he was not one to honor pacts and agreements and the Arabs would have been the next people he turned on if he had won the war.
I will not reply to any arguments against these points because I've been doing so for months, and quite frankly, I'm tired.
And to ensure that this is not going to be an argument, I will now refute all of your arguments which have about as much originality and innovation as the next Tomb Raider game:
Q:BUT LOOK AT CUBA AND CHINA AND NORTH KOREA!
A:North Korea and China are not communist states, despite what they would have you believe. They are totalitarian dictatorships akin to fascism. Cuba is poor because it is socialist, not *quite* communist, and therefore has an economy and thus makes use of currency. Cuba has no trade partners, and so it is screwed until things get better, either through assistance or the country's own growth.
Q:THERE IS NO FREEDOM IN COMMUNISM! OMFGZ!
A:Little could be further from the truth, actually. There's a lot more freedom (and opportunity) in communism than there could be in any capitalist country, be it with choice of career, leisure, or what have you.
Q:COMMUNISM KILLED MORE PEOPLE THAN HITLER!
A:No, Stalin did. Stalin is not communism. Stalin may have been a communist but he did not follow all of the rules, guidelines, or what have you and thus the Soviet Union failed as it became much too authoritarian and a lot of other things that go against communism's teachings. Also, keep in mind that without the communist victories in Stalingrad and Berlin, you'd be speaking German right now. Unless your skin is a shade darker than chalk, in which case you would be dead. And don't tell me Hitler allied with the Arabs, because while he did, he was not one to honor pacts and agreements and the Arabs would have been the next people he turned on if he had won the war.
I will not reply to any arguments against these points because I've been doing so for months, and quite frankly, I'm tired.
I'm from a wealthy, predominantly white suburb in Westchester, New York and as such have no frequent interaction with the homeless. This upbringing has made me one of the people who suddenly become very interested in their shoelaces when a homeless man walks down the subway car asking for money. I feel horrible for them, but I'm a teenager with no steady job, and the money I have in my pocket might not get me through the day I'm spending in the city anyway. You can smell the despair on them though, and it's simply overwhelming.
The poorest area in my town is really just a single street and as far as things go they're pretty well off, but I have friends who are still horrified at the prospect of walking up it, despite the fact that I've done so countless times at all hours of the day and night. The simple truth is no one in my town can understand what it's like to be poor, and I certainly can't either. It's sad really...we live in our own little bubble world with our petty problems and that's about it.
The poorest area in my town is really just a single street and as far as things go they're pretty well off, but I have friends who are still horrified at the prospect of walking up it, despite the fact that I've done so countless times at all hours of the day and night. The simple truth is no one in my town can understand what it's like to be poor, and I certainly can't either. It's sad really...we live in our own little bubble world with our petty problems and that's about it.
We've got a couple of bums in the city near where I live, mostly they just hang out at the bus stop drinking cheap beer and white wine. At least they did until the cops chased them off. Still, overall the situation here is pretty good, there are very few homeless people.
I live in Portland Oregon. Oregon currently has the highest homeless population in the United States. It's not necesarily because of the economy. It's because of all our affordable housing, and feeding homeless programs.Flishiz said:
I want to move so badly. They are EVERYWHERE. Sitting in front of my house, around the stores asking me for change. I got in a fist fight with one a couple weeks ago. fortunately he was drunk and I pinned him.
The problem is that they go around the neighborhoods with the most money, because there are people will give them money there. That makes propety value go even further down.
I live in WA state, in the summer they are everywhere in my city. There is actually a homeless city or "tent city" as people call it down by the river that gets busted up every couple months only to be built right back up. However in the winter time, it's a different story. We get alot of snow and it gets insanely cold here, alot of homeless freeze to death. It's like the weeding out process, at least once or twice a week you read about or hear of sombody finding a frozen homeless person.
They are all over the Freeway exit ramps, i ahve afriend that goes into fast food restraunts and grabs a handful of job applications and when he sees them asking for money he gives them an application. Their reactions range from disappointment to anger. I actually find it funny, but I'm also an evil man.
They are all over the Freeway exit ramps, i ahve afriend that goes into fast food restraunts and grabs a handful of job applications and when he sees them asking for money he gives them an application. Their reactions range from disappointment to anger. I actually find it funny, but I'm also an evil man.
Don't get many homeless people here, usually see a few when I visit the biggest cities, but that's about it.
Also, haven't really noticed much of the recession, might be because I'm a student at uni though. >_>
Oh, Norway here.
Also, haven't really noticed much of the recession, might be because I'm a student at uni though. >_>
Oh, Norway here.
The town i live in is a very nice sub-urb so i rarely, if ever see homless people where i live, but in the city there is a stretch of road known for having a homeless problem, most of them are there because they are addicted to drugs though.
occasionally there is the homless person who isnt on drugs and just down on their luck though, and the news did an interview of a man who lived in a tent at a park, and the funny thing is during the interview, his cellphone rang! not the kind of thing you would expect a homeless man to have.
occasionally there is the homless person who isnt on drugs and just down on their luck though, and the news did an interview of a man who lived in a tent at a park, and the funny thing is during the interview, his cellphone rang! not the kind of thing you would expect a homeless man to have.