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Re:Homeless Population Jumps by Thousands Across the San Fra... by cyberbanjo on Friday May 17, 2019 @10:25PM (#19945212)
Why is it such a simple dichotomy? Most people have to make large efforts to maintain a legal shelter and it's as easy as a medical emergency to slip from the tenuous position of not being homeless.
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Re:Homeless Population Jumps by Thousands Across the San Fra... by skinnymuch on Saturday May 18, 2019 @11:20AM (#19947881)
Are you saying the person with the medical emergency who becomes homeless was always homeless? Otherwise perhaps I didn’t understand your reply.

Regardless you’re right it’s not a simple dichotomy. Similar to how if you’re living in a new Airstream, chances are you aren’t the same sort of homeless as someone in a runned down camper with little cash flow or savings.

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