Comments on: EDAR: Everyone Deserves A Roof http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20952 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:01:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Jon http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20952/comment-page-1#comment-176426 Jon Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:29:44 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20952#comment-176426 I just had this email conversation with my sister, the EDAR is a good idea, we both would rather subsist in a non urban setting for safety sake, but thats the rub, much of the most obvious homelessness is associated with mentally ill individuals, no, a cool mobile tent wont help that, its a rational answer but an immediate one, and at $500 bucks per, a definitely goverment targeted one. I just had this email conversation with my sister, the EDAR is a good idea, we both would rather subsist in a non urban setting for safety sake, but thats the rub, much of the most obvious homelessness is associated with mentally ill individuals, no, a cool mobile tent wont help that, its a rational answer but an immediate one, and at $500 bucks per, a definitely
goverment targeted one.

]]> By: Vickey http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20952/comment-page-1#comment-113300 Vickey Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:23:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20952#comment-113300 Heather Dawn, as a person who's barely keeping her head above water, I'd think you'd be a little more sympathetic. How many missed paychecks are you from homelessness, or living with relatives? Do you have three months living expenses saved up? And in today's economy you aren't worried about losing your job? I've got a decent job (52k) and I'm nearly unfirable, but even I worry... Heather Dawn, as a person who’s barely keeping her head above water, I’d think you’d be a little more sympathetic. How many missed paychecks are you from homelessness, or living with relatives? Do you have three months living expenses saved up? And in today’s economy you aren’t worried about losing your job? I’ve got a decent job (52k) and I’m nearly unfirable, but even I worry…

]]> By: Heather Dawn http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20952/comment-page-1#comment-113002 Heather Dawn Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:35:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20952#comment-113002 Maybe it's just me, but I have a hard time feeling sorry for people with no place to live when they can obviously afford to smoke (not cheap) and wear jewelry (as it were). I guess I'm just jaded. My mom and I saw a lady sitting on an on-ramp in the rain one day, and we felt bad for her. We went home and got some prepackaged food and a coat and an umbrella and took it back up to her. She looked in the bag and took only what food would fit in her pockets and then threw the coat and umbrella back at us and said (with a cigarette hanging out of her mouth) "I don't need that sh*t...if I have a coat, people won't give me money."' People make their own problems. Yes, we need to help them, but we also need to teach them how to get out of their situation. I'm a single mother of two who barely keeps her head above the water, but I work hard, and I don't make the government and other people take care of problems that I caused myself. I certainly think there is better use for $500 than a portable shelter for one person. How many sleeping bags and regular tents can you get for that price??? Maybe it’s just me, but I have a hard time feeling sorry for people with no place to live when they can obviously afford to smoke (not cheap) and wear jewelry (as it were).

I guess I’m just jaded. My mom and I saw a lady sitting on an on-ramp in the rain one day, and we felt bad for her. We went home and got some prepackaged food and a coat and an umbrella and took it back up to her. She looked in the bag and took only what food would fit in her pockets and then threw the coat and umbrella back at us and said (with a cigarette hanging out of her mouth) “I don’t need that sh*t…if I have a coat, people won’t give me money.”‘

People make their own problems. Yes, we need to help them, but we also need to teach them how to get out of their situation.

I’m a single mother of two who barely keeps her head above the water, but I work hard, and I don’t make the government and other people take care of problems that I caused myself. I certainly think there is better use for $500 than a portable shelter for one person. How many sleeping bags and regular tents can you get for that price???

]]> By: Vickey http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20952/comment-page-1#comment-112943 Vickey Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:38:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20952#comment-112943 With the economy tanking like it is, we are going to be seeing even more homeless on the streets. Families, even. While far from an ideal solution, at least it does give the homeless a feeling of 'a place of their own'. A place to keep their little bit of 'stuff'. With the economy tanking like it is, we are going to be seeing even more homeless on the streets. Families, even. While far from an ideal solution, at least it does give the homeless a feeling of ‘a place of their own’. A place to keep their little bit of ‘stuff’.

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