[grrdotcloud]

Having been homeless I know the chasm between living on the street in a tent and a suburban home is about a ten thousand decisions over the course of several years.

I would argue the life we will have is very predictable, on a 5-year timeline, based upon decisions between today and the next year. Small things, like showing up to work on time, has a compounding impact upon one's life.

The ability to afford a mortgage has a dependency of a few thousand good decisions resulting from several years of positive actions.

[giraffe_lady]

I've been homeless plenty and the only thing that got me out was luck and medical treatment. Years of good decisions can be undone by one accident or bad turn.

My best personal example of this is one of the first times I was trying to get sober, had gotten a chromebook and was beginning to work online. About halfway to saving money for deposit on an apartment when a cop threw my tent and backpack in the river. I was back in the bottle within a week. The life you live is very predictable, but that's one of the things you lose along with your home. I'm surprised you didn't learn that out there.

[MSFT_Edging]

I'm really sorry that happened to you.

There's a major lack of empathy for people who are homeless.

The response to homelessness being more police violence is horrific, especially how they basically throw away all their belongings just so people don't have to see the poor and desperate in their neighborhoods.

Its absolutely inhumane.