Homelessness is a real and difficult issue. After with talking about it with Andy, I thought this might make for a good topic. Especially in cities further south where there’s a sizeable population of homeless due to the moderate weather year-round, it is a real problem for homeless people and for the cities that don’t know what to do with them. If anyone has ideas or firsthand experiences with homeless people that they want to share or links about cities dealing with homelessness that they would like to post, I would really appreciate it. I’ve linked some stories I found through a quick Google search about homeless laws in Orlando, Gainesville, and many other cities across the US. It’s pretty crazy to think that such a significant amount of our limited resources are aimed at restricting homeless people from doing things, but I suppose that working in the legal system would be kind of boring if some of the useless laws were trimmed from the books.
29 Jan
Homeless
January 30th, 2008 at 10:43 am
yep. it’s madness. people only talk about reducing the homeless population. they do things like ship them out of town. at the core of the issue, is a lack of mental health support in my opinion. nobody, save a few churches, is willing to go out and talk to these people. there is such a widespread opinion that the homeless are lazy. generally, i’ve found homeless people to be disenfranchised with society, hooked on drugs, or mentally ill.
it’s so important to remember that there really are so few core differences from person to person. it is so easy for us to judge in america. we grow up learning that we are all so special and unique. this is true, but we are also so very similar.
January 30th, 2008 at 11:10 am
i tried to add some soapbox tags in there, but the comment editor didn’t like them too much. i guess you’ll just have to guess where my soapboxing started and stopped.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
hey, b-o-b. any new ideas on the techno-homelessness front?
February 28th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
I didn’t realize that it had been so long since I’d posted on the blog. I’ve had a few thoughts on things, but nothing concrete enough to bring to life, yet. My mind hasn’t been working well lately. Not enough sleep or something.