homeless

I'm not cool , I just need relief from the constant pressure of self-exceptionalism, I am hurting. I'm lashing out at people I care about due to their stifling adherence to their confined reality tunnels. I am living in lincoln city Oregon currently in a motel paid for by my mom.

Being that I have spent time on the streets, this is disheartening to read... Shame on the Denver Police Officers who took blankets and tents into evidence after confiscating them from homeless people camped outside in temperatures which will dip into negative numbers this week. Criminalizing...

If you possess the skills and manners that our community desires, then you will be given an invitation to apply for a membership in our group of families that are gathering now in locations nationwide. So here are a list of some of our desired traits for our members: Website technicians...

MPD: Homeless man arrested for beating another homeless man with guitar Skyler S. Goldsmith Posted: Wed 12:23 PM, Oct 05, 2016 MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) -- A 24-year-old homeless man was arrested after he admitted to beating another homeless man with a guitar. Madison Police arrested Skyler...

I've been hearing about this venue for a couple of years. Really excited to check it out for the first time! R0ach H0le Uni0n is hosting the following fundraiser/bash in the tunnels in the hills of Porter Ranch/Chatsworth, CA: Details As socially aware beings the Music scene does what we can...

Hello, I'm pretty new to this site. Been lurking for a couple of weeks. I'd like to say, you all are a very lovely group ;-) So to start things off, I'm newly homeless, or will be in a weeks time. Not gonna lie, I'm scared/excited about it. My life was pretty boring before this, the same thing...

Mr. Wendlandt serves lunch and hands out socks to needy campers every Thursday. But he has stopped provisioning people with blankets and sleeping bags, worried that what seemed like compassion could be exacerbating a problem. Darcee and Gerald Babbitt at their campsite outside Nederland. “Yes...

Anyone stuck or stagnant in the state of Oregon(as well as SW Washington) will find the following website handy: 211 It is a very comprehensive database of every type of support you could imagine for folks in need. In fact, it is so jam-packed, it might take a while to narrow down your relevant...

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36188674 Photographing the things homeless people in California own Huang Qingjun spent nearly a decade travelling to remote parts of China photographing families outside their homes with all their household possessions. Now he has done the same for...

Be careful if you're in the San Diego area. There is a video of a suspect but it doesn't seem to want to load when pasted to the thread, so follow the link to have a look. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-san-diego-homeless-killings-20160706-snap-story.html Fourth homeless man is...

Recently I've gone through a divorce and lost everything including my home. I have backpacked across states and been homeless before, but this time it's different. Every time I see a train pass I can here the boxcars calling my name and I want nothing more than to hop on.. I can travel solo but...

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36190557 Stealing small amounts of food to stave off hunger is not a crime, Italy's highest court of appeal has ruled. Judges overturned a theft conviction against Roman Ostriakov after he stole cheese and sausages worth €4.07 (£3; $4.50) from a...

I've been traveling on and off the past 7 years, the majority of those 7 have been spent on the road. I've kind of been weird about posting online for travel companions because of bad experiences, not to mention the guff I've heard from people I have traveled with about rideshare boards...

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/local-councils-across-england-and-wales-are-criminalising-the-homeless?utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign=viceuk&utm_medium=social#link_time=1456755411 Revealed: More than One in Ten Local Councils Are Moving to Criminalise Homelessness By Mark Wilding February...

by Thomas Fuller Feb. 26, 2016 original SAN FRANCISCO — An order by the San Francisco authorities to vacate a sidewalk tent camp in a commercial district has rekindled passions over the city’s longstanding homeless problem, which residents say has reached crisis levels. Some inhabitants of...

Hey everyone! First I want to do a shout out to my friend KC I met in Florence, who told me about this site. KC if you see this add/message me! Thanx! I had no idea there was a site like this! I'm currently at the Library in Newport and not sure how i'm still here considering my 2 dogs and...

Hey, I'm Cat, hitched 8k miles solo, and decided to make a video about why I love hitchhiking. Because if you've hitched before, you know that our most common question we get asked is WHY?!? It's hard to explain to every ride, because the reasons are so vast (at least for me) so here's my...

Hi everyone, I'm a freelance journalist working on an article for VICE about people living in U.S. National Forests, both by choice or because of hardship. It's a follow-up of sorts to an article I wrote about the housing shortage in my hometown, Jackson Hole (can't link to it because I'm a...

I'm currently sitting in PVD with Boston being an hour away. I've repeatedly heard about how hostile Boston is towards homeless/ poor people(, and people in general). This rises my issues with squatting in such a place. I question the legality behind to start with. I heard it's "illegal" to be...

I have Square on my phone to use when someone owes me money and they make the excuse: "I don't have any cash right now..." and I whip out my Square reader and say, "Not a problem!'. This guy has a new approach. Plus, it sounds like he's doing some good stuff. ----------- A homeless man in...