as someone who's two weeks away from losing it all, i feel you man. being poor has sucked ass but im doing all i can to prepare for living rough. thanks for the heads up on what to expect, i hope your situation gets better.
Formerly 50 of 74 years a hobo. Oddly enough some of the things you say suck I enjoyed. None to talk to means peace and quiet. I would often buy a cheap paperback from a thrift store and would be able to read in one or two days. Plus you always got folks to chat with if you are in a soup line, sometimes whether you wanted to or not. Cleaning I figured out . I always carried a tarp and would use a bar of soap and a gallon of water to clean my skivies, socks. & t-shirt. Then wring out and wear overnight. Jeans were another story tho. I could take a G.I.bath in a sink, or a tin can of water I heated up. Camp site weren't too bad as I rarely stayed in one city more than a few days unless I found some work. Made lots of tin can stoves and cookware. Even setting a can of food in bright sunlight would help heat some. Libraries were vast warehouses of knowledge in which I researched many survival skills. Even way better because latter on in my life you could often do an hour's worth of Internet every new city you went to. Tended often to be a one time thing but I carried a pocket notebook and had research an area down to a science. Likely knew more about what I needed to know about a city than some of the local homeless. But then again I started out a hobo in the 1960s and had a 20 year head start over the massive amount of newly homely that flooded society in the 1980s and beyond. Met lots of vets ( WW2, Korea, Vietnam, etc ) that showed me a thing or two as well.
That's amazing. You should definitely write a book. I'm quite worried about it happening myself. It's great I have UA-cam to learn from and prepare and can train ahead of time to have the skills needed before I can't afford internet but here's hoping it doesn't happen!
@@pharaohsmagician8329 There's a number of books written by old time hobos far better writers than myself. I used to write some short stories about my experiences on Quora but the site filled up with trolls and hateful folks. So I deleted all my writing and am sticking to a very limited group of UA-cam channels. Like this one.
I sucked at being homeless, never again, I can hike on Appalachian Trail living under a tarp but now I can afford a motel room every week to wash clothes and take a shower. Homeless need a mailing address to function in todays society, rent one, Public Storage has mail boxes for rent in most cities across the country which provide a street address (not a PO Box) which is good for ID purposes, they receive/hold mail plus amazon/ups/fedex packages.
I can not even begin to imagine being homeless. You always make me stop and realize how blessed I am. I will pray for you. Hopefully tomorrow is better. May all the people you meet be kind. Hugs.
I've been homeless ten years and counting........ I truly appreciate your discomfort, pain. Your experiences that your sharing today are spot on, accurate. Today's society has marked us as lepers, sub human, ect.... What's ironic about this is that anyone can become homeless over any slight financial change nowadays. Thanks for sharing your feelings today.😎👍
Lonely, because you are a high functioning homeless person. If you are young, or a druggie, a boozer, or a con artist, those types of homeless always seem to hand about in groups each day. High functioning homeless tend to be more mature and want to stay away from all the crazies. I love tent camping but can always go back home. I am nostalgic for minimalist campground washrooms but at least they are there. Not being able to keep myself and clothes as clean as back home would be one of the homeless negatives to me.
Fellow depression and anxiety sufferer here, amongst other health issues, from Scotland. I get what you're feeling. You're not alone, though I say that and think of when people say that to me I just nod and think to myself "But I am alone. No one is helping me. I have no one to turn to. I AM alone." So when I say you're not alone? I mean we are here with you, we see you. We can't directly help you, but we care about what happens to you and how you're feeling. Also I for one enjoy your videos whatever you talk about or show.
Been there, got out of it but it damn sure took some doing. I wish you the best. Stay warm and dry out there. (PS head to Portland and get a Rose City handbook, it's a directory for all kinds of social services. Some day shelters have showers and laundries, and you can have mail sent to some of them.)
Just remember, when shit hits the fan , and it will very soon….. we will all be living like we’re homeless. We’re all about to get a scary reality check .
Youre right about the tough parts, and why it overall sucks even though theres some freedom and adventure in it, you really wish you werent there a lot of the times, everything takes longer, costs more energy thast why i had to get off the streets, checked into a shelter, put up with the craziness there and found a place within a month with all the assitance available, now i got my own studio and new hobbies and things to look forward too rather then the daily grind of homeless life. Which is a fulltime job, nevrmind whatever you can do for money, the energy and day to day maintenance of it all is a lot of work, there is no free lunch, even being homeless and getting a free lunch, a lot of energy was spent for it. That being said im getting the urge to go outside and this time im going to do it from a vehicle, the freedom and adventure i miss. I think the problem is we arent allowd to build and develop land, even if its being unused, id rather put my enrgy into that then paying rent but we're not allowed, its all owned and usually for profit. You'd get rid of homelessness you actually let citiizens develope unused land and maybe even spur on the economy in the process. How we deal with land has to change or a few people will own it all and we'll be paying rent for ever and thats a fair deal. I say if youre not using it, you cant own it, so prefernce goes to people who want to develope it and now the homeless have an option other then tent cities, let them build communities.
Lived in my camper in a field for 4 month's. Everything took longer. Getting rid of rubbish, taking a dump, washing (clothes, plates and myself) was all a pain. Being chilly, loneliness. But. Living in my flat had its draw backs too. Comfortable, yes. But i never saw it coz i was at my soul sucking 9 to 5 every day. I was always tired. Still lonely and manically depressed. Seems like life just sucks in general.
i try to reach out to my homeless brother nearly daily .... it is a 2 way street that he does not understand i guess.. when i text him, he simply does not respond. not sure what to do about it. but he cries about being abandoned. at this point i do not understand what he means by abandoned. he is plagued by the disease of nostalgia. from what i can tell what he means by abandoned is that life is not what it was in 2010. im not sure how to pull him into the present. that is my understanding anyway. not sure what to do to help him.
If you haven't been there , you don't have a clue. Keep your .02 cents to yourself if you can't be encouraging. The guy is having a hard enough time of it already, doesn't need some a$$hole giving him a bunch of shit.
@@donlange1491 Encouraging? Telling him that he has the ability to change his depressing situation is being an as$$hole, and NOT encouraging? Le'me guess, your "ecouragement" is to tell him to "keep your head up, it'll get better"? Nope! Won't get better until he changes his direction. Period. You probably think that places like Kensington are "ecouraging" for our homeless addicts too, right? Yeah, that's working out real well. . . .
@@campland2880 Yeah, no. That's not how you entitled homedwellers have it set up. I can't join anything because I don't have a fixed address or a phone number for their fncking forms. No-one gives a fnck if you have decades of experience, a plethora of skills, boundless energy, unjustified hopes....it all means nothing. Homedwellers simply do not want to share anything with homeless folks, and they will do anything to prevent us from participating in society.
when you say homeless you mean live in a sticks and bricks. i love camping, been camping since before i can remember. we were poor, our vacations were camping if we went anywhere. why not get a part time job? people who sleep on sidewalks are drug addicted.
People who live in houses are morally self-righteous, materially entitled, ethically bankrupt, sexually perverted, intellectually challenged, mentally disturbed, criminally inclined AND drug addicted---in far greater numbers than homeless folks.
as someone who's two weeks away from losing it all, i feel you man. being poor has sucked ass but im doing all i can to prepare for living rough. thanks for the heads up on what to expect, i hope your situation gets better.
Thanks and right back at ya, I hope yours improves too!
Formerly 50 of 74 years a hobo. Oddly enough some of the things you say suck I enjoyed. None to talk to means peace and quiet. I would often buy a cheap paperback from a thrift store and would be able to read in one or two days. Plus you always got folks to chat with if you are in a soup line, sometimes whether you wanted to or not. Cleaning I figured out . I always carried a tarp and would use a bar of soap and a gallon of water to clean my skivies, socks. & t-shirt. Then wring out and wear overnight. Jeans were another story tho. I could take a G.I.bath in a sink, or a tin can of water I heated up. Camp site weren't too bad as I rarely stayed in one city more than a few days unless I found some work. Made lots of tin can stoves and cookware. Even setting a can of food in bright sunlight would help heat some. Libraries were vast warehouses of knowledge in which I researched many survival skills. Even way better because latter on in my life you could often do an hour's worth of Internet every new city you went to. Tended often to be a one time thing but I carried a pocket notebook and had research an area down to a science. Likely knew more about what I needed to know about a city than some of the local homeless. But then again I started out a hobo in the 1960s and had a 20 year head start over the massive amount of newly homely that flooded society in the 1980s and beyond. Met lots of vets ( WW2, Korea, Vietnam, etc ) that showed me a thing or two as well.
Good tips! Thanks for sharing.
@@craigeckhoff99 I bet you would be fascinating to spend an afternoon interviewing.
That's amazing. You should definitely write a book. I'm quite worried about it happening myself. It's great I have UA-cam to learn from and prepare and can train ahead of time to have the skills needed before I can't afford internet but here's hoping it doesn't happen!
@@pharaohsmagician8329 There's a number of books written by old time hobos far better writers than myself. I used to write some short stories about my experiences on Quora but the site filled up with trolls and hateful folks. So I deleted all my writing and am sticking to a very limited group of UA-cam channels. Like this one.
I sucked at being homeless, never again, I can hike on Appalachian Trail living under a tarp but now I can afford a motel room every week to wash clothes and take a shower. Homeless need a mailing address to function in todays society, rent one, Public Storage has mail boxes for rent in most cities across the country which provide a street address (not a PO Box) which is good for ID purposes, they receive/hold mail plus amazon/ups/fedex packages.
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I understand and appreciate your input. It's even worse for women.
No, it isn't. Folks everywhere throw money at women. You uterus people have it way easier than folks with penises.
I can not even begin to imagine being homeless. You always make me stop and realize how blessed I am. I will pray for you. Hopefully tomorrow is better. May all the people you meet be kind. Hugs.
Thanks! 💜
blessed....until you meet karma
tick tock
tick tock
@@donHooligan hopefully my good has outweighed my bad. If not, I deserve what I get
@@cherietucker9930
no problem if you've *NEVER* paid taxes in the west.
@@donHooligan I am in New York State! And yes. I've paid taxes many years.
I've been homeless ten years and counting........ I truly appreciate your discomfort, pain. Your experiences that your sharing today are spot on, accurate. Today's society has marked us as lepers, sub human, ect....
What's ironic about this is that anyone can become homeless over any slight financial change nowadays.
Thanks for sharing your feelings today.😎👍
You're welcome! Thanks for commenting!
Been there done that, riding freights and hitching rides, always moving on
i use a 2 gallon pump sprayer fitted with a sink sprayer to shower when camping.
Lonely, because you are a high functioning homeless person. If you are young, or a druggie, a boozer, or a con artist, those types of homeless always seem to hand about in groups each day. High functioning homeless tend to be more mature and want to stay away from all the crazies.
I love tent camping but can always go back home. I am nostalgic for minimalist campground washrooms but at least they are there. Not being able to keep myself and clothes as clean as back home would be one of the homeless negatives to me.
High functioning 😃 I like that!
I think safety is a Huge issue
Can confirm. Homedwellers have tried to kill me---twice.
No words....
Fellow depression and anxiety sufferer here, amongst other health issues, from Scotland. I get what you're feeling. You're not alone, though I say that and think of when people say that to me I just nod and think to myself "But I am alone. No one is helping me. I have no one to turn to. I AM alone." So when I say you're not alone? I mean we are here with you, we see you. We can't directly help you, but we care about what happens to you and how you're feeling.
Also I for one enjoy your videos whatever you talk about or show.
Thanks for that!
Been there, got out of it but it damn sure took some doing. I wish you the best. Stay warm and dry out there. (PS head to Portland and get a Rose City handbook, it's a directory for all kinds of social services. Some day shelters have showers and laundries, and you can have mail sent to some of them.)
I live in a condo and I am completely alone also. People are not nice.
Just remember, when shit hits the fan , and it will very soon….. we will all be living like we’re homeless. We’re all about to get a scary reality check .
So then I should consider myself a prepper in the literal sense? 😎
@@hoboroad yes, I would. With more experience surviving day to day than 99% of the population. You are more prepared than most.
@davidbooher5559 exactly...many people have no survival skills. Not even CAMPGROUND level getting by 😮
Youre right about the tough parts, and why it overall sucks even though theres some freedom and adventure in it, you really wish you werent there a lot of the times, everything takes longer, costs more energy thast why i had to get off the streets, checked into a shelter, put up with the craziness there and found a place within a month with all the assitance available, now i got my own studio and new hobbies and things to look forward too rather then the daily grind of homeless life. Which is a fulltime job, nevrmind whatever you can do for money, the energy and day to day maintenance of it all is a lot of work, there is no free lunch, even being homeless and getting a free lunch, a lot of energy was spent for it. That being said im getting the urge to go outside and this time im going to do it from a vehicle, the freedom and adventure i miss. I think the problem is we arent allowd to build and develop land, even if its being unused, id rather put my enrgy into that then paying rent but we're not allowed, its all owned and usually for profit. You'd get rid of homelessness you actually let citiizens develope unused land and maybe even spur on the economy in the process. How we deal with land has to change or a few people will own it all and we'll be paying rent for ever and thats a fair deal. I say if youre not using it, you cant own it, so prefernce goes to people who want to develope it and now the homeless have an option other then tent cities, let them build communities.
Very well said and I completely agree about the ability to own and build on land giving people stability and hope. Thanks for sharing! 🔥🔥🔥
Keep on fighting!
I send you the best whishes from Austria!
Thank you so much!!
((Hugs)) Thank you for sharing this. I hope to see you here, again! Sending love to you!
I'll be deeply hoping that things improve for you, friend! (((more hugs)))
Homeless has such stigma, I rather be called nomad, traveler, adventurer or even hobo
Urban Camper 😉
I'm sorry you have to go through this!
Lived in my camper in a field for 4 month's. Everything took longer. Getting rid of rubbish, taking a dump, washing (clothes, plates and myself) was all a pain. Being chilly, loneliness. But. Living in my flat had its draw backs too. Comfortable, yes. But i never saw it coz i was at my soul sucking 9 to 5 every day. I was always tired. Still lonely and manically depressed. Seems like life just sucks in general.
I hope your life will get better 😢
Mosquitoes.
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Lonely i wish. I was in the country and it was nice. Now im in a City and got to worry about all yhr human vultures
I felt an exit from humanity .you become this beast who hides in the shadows
I feel that sometimes
i try to reach out to my homeless brother nearly daily .... it is a 2 way street that he does not understand i guess.. when i text him, he simply does not respond. not sure what to do about it. but he cries about being abandoned.
at this point i do not understand what he means by abandoned.
he is plagued by the disease of nostalgia. from what i can tell what he means by abandoned is that life is not what it was in 2010. im not sure how to pull him into the present.
that is my understanding anyway. not sure what to do to help him.
Invisible. 3 strokes, 8 months in a cheap nersing home. It was really bad. Everyone pretends you died. I guess in a way I did.
That sucks brother
Hot water on tap & some occasional climate control is the only reason I participate in this social contract
I hear ya!
Sometimes being stuck in the handicapped system is worse. It is. Housing???? Stuck waiting to die. No. No
You're life will get better. I pray God keeps you and Guide you an sends his comforter in Jesus name amen 🙏 🙌
Thanks Stacey!💜
The number one thing that sucks about being homeless.
Is being homeless.
😂😂😂
You're going to have to work through to the other side of some stress in order to change your life.
I'm willing, Im just not sure how to start.
You can do something about it. . .go join society. You absolutely have a choice.
If you haven't been there , you don't have a clue. Keep your .02 cents to yourself if you can't be encouraging. The guy is having a hard enough time of it already, doesn't need some a$$hole giving him a bunch of shit.
@@donlange1491 Encouraging? Telling him that he has the ability to change his depressing situation is being an as$$hole, and NOT encouraging? Le'me guess, your "ecouragement" is to tell him to "keep your head up, it'll get better"? Nope! Won't get better until he changes his direction. Period. You probably think that places like Kensington are "ecouraging" for our homeless addicts too, right? Yeah, that's working out real well. . . .
@@campland2880 Yeah, no. That's not how you entitled homedwellers have it set up. I can't join anything because I don't have a fixed address or a phone number for their fncking forms. No-one gives a fnck if you have decades of experience, a plethora of skills, boundless energy, unjustified hopes....it all means nothing. Homedwellers simply do not want to share anything with homeless folks, and they will do anything to prevent us from participating in society.
when you say homeless you mean live in a sticks and bricks.
i love camping, been camping since before i can remember. we were poor, our vacations were camping if we went anywhere. why not get a part time job?
people who sleep on sidewalks are drug addicted.
why not stand up against your war criminal government?
you people who can help ...simply refuse to....that is why we are here.
Tell me you understand nothing about homelessness without actually saying it... oh wait, you already did.
@@lspthrattan
my admonishment got deleted.
People who live in houses are morally self-righteous, materially entitled, ethically bankrupt, sexually perverted, intellectually challenged, mentally disturbed, criminally inclined AND drug addicted---in far greater numbers than homeless folks.