I appreciate the points of "Ghost of Cutten", "T_Geithner", and "Mav88".
As far as "misterno", "what does being married have to do with getting laid?"
I agree with "misterno" that other countries have homelessness and poverty as well. It reminds me of Rio de Janero. I saw plenty of street people, especially in the morning before working hours. I am told that most of them have full-time employment in the city, and return to their families on the weekends. I also saw plenty of thieves (people with look-outs who will follow you until you find some place public to wait them out.)
Mental illness is certainly an important factor in poverty. Not just to raving, shouting kind. Simple maladjustment can go a long ways to keeping a person for stable employment. (The threshold depends greatly on the profession.)
I would like to throw in another factor, crime. Although I have met enough people looking for a jail term, to some degree it is a matter of circumstance similar to unplanned pregnancy and business bankruptcy.
As an example, there is homeless fellow who works at the local Burger King. I have seen him there for 10 years, 5 days a week. He does the best that he can to conceal his homeless status, and I only know by having befriended him for years and a few chance encounters in the community at large. He doesn't act or smell like an alcoholic/drug addict. He is quite self-disciplined and self-controlled. I don't really know why he is homeless, but it is not just zero money and zero discipline. I suspect that it may be a legal matter. Keeping a low-profile and off the grid seems like a necessity.
As far as "misterno", "what does being married have to do with getting laid?"
I agree with "misterno" that other countries have homelessness and poverty as well. It reminds me of Rio de Janero. I saw plenty of street people, especially in the morning before working hours. I am told that most of them have full-time employment in the city, and return to their families on the weekends. I also saw plenty of thieves (people with look-outs who will follow you until you find some place public to wait them out.)
Mental illness is certainly an important factor in poverty. Not just to raving, shouting kind. Simple maladjustment can go a long ways to keeping a person for stable employment. (The threshold depends greatly on the profession.)
I would like to throw in another factor, crime. Although I have met enough people looking for a jail term, to some degree it is a matter of circumstance similar to unplanned pregnancy and business bankruptcy.
As an example, there is homeless fellow who works at the local Burger King. I have seen him there for 10 years, 5 days a week. He does the best that he can to conceal his homeless status, and I only know by having befriended him for years and a few chance encounters in the community at large. He doesn't act or smell like an alcoholic/drug addict. He is quite self-disciplined and self-controlled. I don't really know why he is homeless, but it is not just zero money and zero discipline. I suspect that it may be a legal matter. Keeping a low-profile and off the grid seems like a necessity.
