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Re:A third of the homeless people in America are over 50 and... by tluyben2 on Thursday September 29, 2016 @10:26AM (#12605441)
Sad read and hope to never see anyone close to me have to go through this, but; why stay in a city? It must be cheaper to live in some town far from cities? At least here you would not only be able to live of your the money she has in a village and no one would bother you if you sleep in your car outside a village. Not sure how that is in the US but i would imagine it makes a difference outside cities.

And then ofcourse; how many close friends do you have; i have many friends and family who would all just rent a house for me. Or let me stay at theirs. Not one but well i could think of at least 20 people who would not hesitate; am i lucky or did she just connect with very few people?

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Re:A third of the homeless people in America are over 50 and... by nojvek on Thursday September 29, 2016 @11:15AM (#12605909)
Wow I guess you are lucky. If I died today, there's probably less than 10 people who would come to my cremation. Sad I know but I'm okay with that.

I do relate to the dog though, they are amazing companions. I would really worry about depression if he passes away.

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Re:A third of the homeless people in America are over 50 and... by dexterdog on Thursday September 29, 2016 @11:45AM (#12606149)
Do people go to a cremation?
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Re:A third of the homeless people in America are over 50 and... by GreatPowers on Thursday September 29, 2016 @01:19PM (#12607032)
Maybe people who hate you? "Burn you piece of shit!"
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Re:A third of the homeless people in America are over 50 and... by tluyben2 on Saturday October 01, 2016 @12:13AM (#12616481)
Here they do.
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Re:A third of the homeless people in America are over 50 and... by Jasamba on Thursday September 29, 2016 @10:39AM (#12605572)
Most of whom are dead I'm presume, and her circles were/are perhaps composed of similar freelancers who are also barely scraping by, though not homeless and thus not in a position to help given limited retirement funds?
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