Why are there non crackhead homeless people still on the street after 5+ years?

[Jaylen Tatum]

Some young dude caught me at the stop light yesterday and asked if I had some change I told him no. He then asked a $10 or $20? I said nah I don't have any cash.

He was no older than 21 able bodied

 

[OH SOHH TRILL]

In NYC the men's only homeless shelters aren't safe, its safer to spend a night on the E train rather than in an homeless shelter.



Finding a job that pays a livable wage when you have no skills is very difficult.

leave NYC…

 

[Mystic]

I was only homeless for 8 months in 2015.
It gave me the motivation to get off my ass and get a job. And I landed an accounts analyst position with Aflac on wall street due to my grind. It was some real shyt.

It actually made me never take anything for granted ever again. Cause life can do a kickflip on you and you can be out on yo ass.

See I understand 8 months but 10+ years and you not a crackhead, you just lazy as fukk IMO

 

[xCivicx]

It's a choice

 

[jilla82]

why does a community of black people always create threads that mock the economic misfortune of others?

whats being black have to do with thinking like a homeless person?

 

[Unknown Poster]

It's a choice

10 years ago when hurricane Sandy hit New York City I saw people homeless on the streets of new york I would never expect to see homeless.

So in situations like that...when your apartment gets flooded or destroyed in a tropical storm..and you lost everything...that ain't a choice.

 

[Forlife44]

Woman arrested for fatal stabbing of aspiring model at NYC homeless shelter

A Manhattan woman has been arrested for the stabbing death of her roommate, an aspiring model, at a Midtown homeless shelter during an argument over loud music.

nypost.com

 

[Wild self]

It's a choice

Now, these talking points is why so many people refuse to help black folks. The mere connotation that "homelessness is a choice" is a disturbing talking point from the Ronald Reagan era.

 

[richaveli83]

The only way you should be homeless in this country for more than 5 years is if you have a severe drug addiction or severe mental health problems.

 

[humminbird]

Some young dude caught me at the stop light yesterday and asked if I had some change I told him no. He then asked a $10 or $20? I said nah I don't have any cash.

He was no older than 21 able bodied

yeah like I will seriously not have cash on hand and it feels bad but I haven't carried cash in years

 

[Boogie]

I don’t get how you homeless period…just go buy a house

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

I don’t know what world some of you nikkas live in

I mean I understand this board is filled with 6 figga nikkas that go on vacation whenever they want but this is not the REAL WORLD of sane individuals
There are three tiers to this economy
I ain’t got it
I’m one health scare/family scare/car breakdown away from ain’t got it
Bezos/Blood Money
It also shows that anybody who agrees with this nut ass nikka
Has a very simplistic view of life
You don’t know what people are going through
What type of illness they are dealing with
The psyche of having it all to losing that shyt over night and the people who said they had you
Are nowhere to be found
Sure you may have resiliency but many humans don’t
Muthafukkas give up after one failed relationship or feel they don’t deserve a second chance at life
So many factors go into something besides
THeY JUsT LaZY
This wasn’t meant to be a real conversation
This was just to get the puters puting and the nut ass congregation of thecoli to

In a circle jerk of capitalist/I got mines and I’m elite nikka

 

[Rembrandt]

Disgusting thread and OP. And before Christmas too lmao

I can see why you're in the negs and had to do my part at least

 

[Da King]

In NYC the men's only homeless shelters aren't safe, its safer to spend a night on the E train rather than in an homeless shelter.



Finding a job that pays a livable wage when you have no skills is very difficult.

The American dream

 

[jilla82]

some people are just losers and/or glass is half empty types.

we've all been down on our luck. Its no biggie.

a few years ago I had to sleep on a family friends couch for a few weeks till I found a place.
Moved into a basement apartment I found on Craigslist because it was hella cheap and the owner of the building didnt run credit or check work history (I think the place was illegal).

I bought a $100 couch on FB marketplace and a $200 mattress on Amazon and worked my ass off for 3 years flipping anything I could get my hands on.

Moved out of that place with $xxx,xxx in the bank and living lovely now.

I dont want to hear anybody's excuses in the first world.
our lives are made up of the decisions we make everyday.

a lot of people are too smart of their own good and can only come up with reasons on why shyt dont work.
so they stay on sites like this looking for news to confirm their "the world is corrupt" opinions.

truth is their problem is them