This.
They're not stupid; they decide to be homeless. They choose to not use the shelters; you are not the first person to try to get them to the shelters. They don't want to go there.
Also the shelters are not safe for them: homeless people are not the only people on the streets with no money for housing: the insane are also on the streets, and are belligerent. homeless men get attacked in the shelters, and ripped off of the few possessions they may have retained. homeless women get raped in the shelters.
Leave them alone; they don't want your help. They want food, money, and to be ignored.
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"fuckyoubigot i dont like you're sig" "repeated annoying comments"
The Lord is not my Shepherd for I am not a sheep.
I can't tell you how many folks I worked to get off the streets, when I was a social worker, only to have them sabotage their housing arrangement within a month. The majority of homeless folks truly want to be left alone.
If people are so inclined to "help" a homeless person, buy them a warm meal in the winter and a cold drink in the summer. Don't give them money, clothes, a ride, the number/address to a local church or shelter, etc.
Love the life you live
Live the life you love ~ Bob Marley
A mate of mine went to India for a look-see.
he met a dude and was invited to get a 'taste of india' by having a meal at his hiuse with his family.
'So what do you do here in India'
Turns out the dude runs a gang of Beggars - he looks for the deformed and injured and 'employs' them to beg on the street - one of his main jobs os to freshly open the wounds first thing in the morning, to cause a bit of blood flow that illicits more sympathy.
ok, who writes "goo goo at a at a, fukin jew heeb"?
"fuckyoubigot i dont like you're sig" "repeated annoying comments"
The Lord is not my Shepherd for I am not a sheep.
there are homeless people who live under the bridges and in the boat basin of Riverside Park. I walk to Broadway with a few of them in the morning as we all go to work. I go to my office in NJ while they go to their offices in front of Zabar's, and Starbucks, and H&H Bagels (when it was still there). 20 years ago when i moved in a large (ok, fat) woman in a crappy wheelchair joined the crew working Broadway. A couple of weeks before 911 i noticed her still in front of H&H Bagels but she had a brand new deluxe model wheelchair (I knew the model because I bought one for my mother years ago). She paid for it with her "income".....
ok, who writes "goo goo at a at a, fukin jew heeb"?
"fuckyoubigot i dont like you're sig" "repeated annoying comments"
The Lord is not my Shepherd for I am not a sheep.
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