I've worked at an actual, church based homeless outreach center and at a shelter in the past and am here to tell you that substantially more than an insignificant minority of those folks are doing nothing but actively gaming the system to get whatever they can out of it. A huge percentage of the homeless are indeed homeless because they wore out their welcome with their entire network of family/friends. They wore out their welcome with others who would have otherwise cared about them by being antisocial parasites who care about no one but themselves and their immediate, basest needs.
The overwhelming majority of the homeless I come into contact with on a daily basis spend their entire existence trying to get something for nothing. They are, for the most part, utter failures at life because they are utterly devoid of the ability to make sound decisions and unable to come to grips with the fact that it is largely their own fault. Many of them have extensive criminal histories with the majority of the offenses being assaultive crimes or theft. The bottom line is that as a rule, they are the type of people that don't play well with others. The end result is that they eventually get shunned by everyone they come into contact with. I equate them in some ways to pedophiles in the sense that they absolutely cannot be fixed. ETA...That does not make me feel an ounce of compassion for them.
Last edited by LoboTBL; 08-20-17 at 11:17.
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