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Originally Posted by floatingslowly
has anyone seen the documentary Dark Days? it's about homeless people that lived underground in New York. when asked, each of the homeless people made grandiose claims about how it's the best time in their life and how they wouldn't want to live ANY WAY else.
whether it was "gives me time to smoke crack" (seriously) or "I like to be free, man" they were all very convincing and enthusiastic about the life "they chose".
until, that is, when they were forced to move from their tunnels and given modest apartments. that's when the story changed to "oh my gawd, what was I thinking" and "I swear I'll never let it happen again".
you see, homeless people are still fucking people. when confronted or put into a position perceived lesser value, they get defensive and in no way will admit to "I fucked up" or "I don't want to be like this". however, when that stress is missing from their lives, they are able to talk more frankly about it, retrospectively.
of note: today's economy has skewed the "homeless" demographic, so of course yr going to get less of the stereotypical die-hards.
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I have been volunteering on skid row (well four skid rows) here in LA feeding the homeless.. I have met A LOT of different people there.. what unites 90% of them is that if you ask them what they are about, what they live for, they will say, "Nothin" and that explains that...