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by pmiller2
3475 days ago
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Things like "no home address" are actually the least of one's difficulties getting a job while homeless. Technically, one can be homeless and couchsurfing at friends' places, and that's relatively easy to recover from. And, yes, some people do do it "by choice," if you mean people living in their van and working at Google. What's tough is being stuck on the streets, possibly with mental issues, possibly addicted to something. There are enough places to get a meal that few people starve to death, but homeless shelters are generally not good places to be, and one has to stand in line around 4 or 5 in order to get a chance at a bed for the night, which rather limits one's options for work. Then, there's the problem of maintaining hygiene, getting to and from interviews, etc., because being homeless usually means being poor. Even without mental or addiction issues, these logistical issues can really take their toll. To have any hope of getting through it, one needs to be able to swim through a river of bullshit. |
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I can understand that there are people with mental issues or addicted to heavy drugs. If all of the homeless people have those issues then it is even more alarming for US and something is not right in this country, a country that is in a very strong position and that all the breakthroughs happen here. That's why I was and still am quite surprised with those issues, issues that can be solved with the amount of money that US has, but no one does anything.
I don't know if that is the outcome of capitalism or not, or it is the outcome of the housing situation in US or something else. I am quite interested in learning more why those issues happen to countries like US, I can understand why it can happen to my country where the unemployment rate is over 25% and the GDP so low, but for others that are the opposite and are worse in those issues, it is quite surprisingly.