r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Garey_Coleman • 10d ago

Where are the homeless supposed to go?

Cities have been cracking down on homeless people so they can’t have encampments or stay on sidewalks. At the same time usually the shelters are full. So those who are unable to get into a shelter, where are they supposed to go?

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u/panaceaXgrace 9d ago

Oh yes definitely, I'm just saying the other poster says "I don't believe you" but it's sadly not uncommon for people to live in the dirt and choose alcohol over food. My father was a drug addict and he chose drugs over everything and everyone else. He was a drifter, and he was a scammer who told people he was a disabled Vietnam vet to get sympathy and handouts.

It just made me think, what Irishish said. Reminded me of that channel I'm watching. It happens to be in Russia, but I know it's bad here in the US too.

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u/pinksocks867 9d ago

I am addicted to nicotine, and when I smoked cigarettes, i absolutely chose them over food on the few occasions that I had to make that choice

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u/panaceaXgrace 8d ago

You know I think I did that a few times too. I smoked for 22 years 2 packs a day but I got the book Allen Carr's Easyway to Stop Smoking and quit just like that 15 years ago. I would have bought cigarettes over food if I had to choose, definitely.

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u/IDontStealBikes 8d ago

Congratulations for making that decision carrying it out. That had to be difficult and you had to become very strong. That’s really impressive.

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u/panaceaXgrace 8d ago

Oh thank you! :) I think it just hit me how he talked about how we were all being scammed by the tobacco companies and how they invest so much in keeping us addicted I vowed never to give them another penny. He said by the end of the book I'd be a former smoker, and I was ready at that moment. It sucked for a few weeks but I quit just to spite them for making me so miserable!