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originally posted in:Secular Sevens
11/12/2013 6:14:31 PM
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Three quarters of hobos are homeless for under two months
[url=http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/homelessness/symposium07/caton/#The]And they rarely use shelters,[/url][url=http://usich.gov/index.php/population/chronic] while only 16% of those without shelter are chronically homeless.[/url]
[url=http://www.nationalhomeless.org/factsheets/who.html]Also, 39% of people who are homeless are under 18.[/url]
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Nice to know I'm not the only one who reads Cracked.
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check your hobo privelige OP
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6 RepliesEdited by Saphir Eagle: 11/13/2013 3:54:20 PMWhat the -blam!- murica!? Are seriously telling me that there are over 200 000 homeless kids in murica? That is messed up... EDIT: *Sigh* I looked into it... The actual number of of homeless children is actually over 1.5 MILLION... That is SICK! That is just disgusting...
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One point of discussion is the improper usage of the word "hobo." Homeless =/= hobo
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Edited by Demon Sorcerer Miyagi: 11/16/2013 9:21:48 AMI beg to differ, homeless and hobos are not the same thing Sir
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2 RepliesI've been homeless multiple times. Longest stretch was about 3 months where I slept in a tent on the riverbed. Then some scumbags trashed the tent while I was out getting food. Good times
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Edited by Saphir Eagle: 11/13/2013 3:52:20 PMDouble post bug
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1/3 of the homeless in the USA are vets. There are a enough vacant homes in the us to give every homeless 5 of there own
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[url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/04/homeless-lgbt-youth_n_2411884.html]that's not even the worst part[/url]
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1 ReplyYou read the [url=http://www.cracked.com/article_20720_7-things-no-one-tells-you-about-being-homeless.html?wa_user1=3&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=feature_module]Cracked[/url] article too? I just read it a few minutes ago. It changed my views of the homeless quite a bit.
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1 ReplyWhen I volunteer at the local homeless shelter and talk to the "hobos", I get to know of their struggle. What you do say is somewhat accurate from what I see. To every single "hobo" I talk to when I volunteer at the shelter (Which is every single one there since my duties are to serve them dinner and take the dinner to them) twice a month, I always hear the same thing: Can't find a job, trying their hardest to find a job, and willing to do anything. Hell, they only go there for dinner and then I see some of them reading the newspaper that was purchased that day in the shelter looking at the Classifieds section. I've only seen a few people under 18 that are homeless, the ones that I have seen are pretty miserable, but are doing their best to find some form of employment.
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1 ReplyPosers
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Ok? I am glad they take a bit to find their ground and get back out there?
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Edited by Blonic : 11/12/2013 10:17:03 PM[quote]And they rarely use shelters, while only 16% of those without shelter are chronically homeless.[/quote] You know, if you read up on those who are homeless maybe you will see why they don't like to go to shelters?
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*patiently awaits butthurt
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4 RepliesWhile I do find this interesting, I'm not sure where the discussion value is. Could you explain if there is any?
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5 RepliesInteresting, actually I have a friend who, just for kicks, was a hobo for 3 months when he was 19. He rode a bus out to the west coast, worked as a waiter, alternated between sleeping at bus stops and such until he roomed up with a hilarious drug addict on the fringe on San Francisco, and then came home a few months later. Because he wasn't legally a tenant of the guy who owned the crappy apartment he was homeless. Oh and he bathed in a fountain in Detroit lol!
