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I’ve stayed at a shelter once in my life. It was horrible. I had to line up with scary people at like 6pm, wait hours, make it to my cot at 8ish, lights out at 9pm and then they wake you up at 5:30 in the morning and cast you away to figure out how to keep warm in below freezing weather. Couldn’t bring my stuff in with me; I had to leave my backpack in a shed that relied on the honor system (and getting to it ASAP when they unlocked the shed in the morning) to prevent theft. I couldn’t bring a snack in with me. It felt like jail. If I had more stuff than a little bag, they simply could not accommodate storage. If I had a sleeping bag I’d 100% have preferred to find some safer quiet spot to sleep, and sleep in until the sun came up.