Imagine you are suddenly homeless......

[Bonzi]

no job
no family
clean slate... what would you do to survive and start over?

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

no job
no family
clean slate... what would you do to survive and start over?

As I have stated before, I have developed skills and knowledge on how things work, that I could pull up my pants and get right back to work. I have failed before, but instead of whining like a petulant liberal bitch about how unfair life is, I took a lesser job until I found one that was better. Since then I have constantly achieved more success, to the point I have my own business, and a major player in the stock market. I have brought many of my friends along with me, as knowledge is power, the establishment political hacks don't want me and others to have, so with them being street smart then don't need those establishment hacks telling them what they need. Shame some people on this board don't do the same, but then they wouldn't vote Dimbocrat, would they?

 

[Bonzi]

okay so I potentially faced this situation (but didn't) but gave it a lot of thought.
Granted, I wanted to not be found, so, different kind of a story, but, I did think about it as a better alternative than my current living conditions

If I could not be employed, I suppose I would look for all the local resources to help me get established again. I would start at a city hall or office and go from there asking for help.

I'm assuming here you are an able bodied citizen. But, even if you are not and have health needs, I would still pursue the same avenue.

In the meantime, I would seek water and food where ever it was available. There are MANY people that would gladly buy you food, especially in liberal towns (normally college towns), and that's not even including food banks etc.

I would seek shelter alternately between public library, hospitals, airports, bus terminals and/or casinos if available.

 

[usmbguest5318]

no job
no family
clean slate... what would you do to survive and start over?

Most likely the same thing I did the first time round to survive and start a life: consulting.

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

okay so I potentially faced this situation (but didn't) but gave it a lot of thought.
Granted, I wanted to not be found, so, different kind of a story, but, I did think about it as a better alternative than my current living conditions

If I could not be employed, I suppose I would look for all the local resources to help me get established again. I would start at a city hall or office and go from there asking for help.

I'm assuming here you are an able bodied citizen. But, even if you are not and have health needs, I would still pursue the same avenue.

In the meantime, I would seek water and food where ever it was available. There are MANY people that would gladly buy you food, especially in liberal towns (normally college towns), and that's not even including food banks etc.

I would seek shelter alternately between public library, hospitals, airports, bus terminals and/or casinos if available.

A few years ago, I saw a quadriplegic driving his wheel chair with his mouth, fully dressed in a suit, heading to his workplace. He could of been fully funded by the government as a welfare recipient, but instead he took his skills and knowledge to be fully self sufficient. People like that are the reason why I wanted to be a successful business owner, for if they can overcome their disabilities, anyone can, if they aren't a lazy ass liberal.

 

[waltky]

The Homeless Illustrate a Growing Divide...

In Silicon Valley, the Homeless Illustrate a Growing Divide
November 07, 2017 — In the same affluent, suburban city where Google built its headquarters, Tes Saldana lives in a crowded but tidy camper she parks on the street.

She concedes it's “not a very nice living situation,” but it also is not unusual. Until authorities told them to move, more than a dozen other RVs filled with people who can't afford rent joined Saldana on a tree-lined street in Mountain View, parked between a Target and a luxury apartment complex. Homeless advocates and city officials say it's outrageous that in the shadow of a booming tech economy - where young millionaires dine on $15 wood-grilled avocado and think nothing of paying $1,000 for an iPhone X - thousands of families can't afford a home. Many of the homeless work regular jobs, in some cases serving the very people whose sky-high net worth is the reason housing has become unaffordable for so many.

A group of homeless people, including Ellen Tara James-Penney (wearing blue) left, a lecturer at San Jose State University, receive a meal at Grace Baptist Church in San Jose, California​

Across the street from Saldana's camper, for example, two-bedroom units in the apartment complex start at $3,840, including concierge service. That's more than she brings home, even in a good month. Saldana and her three adult sons, who live with her, have looked for less rustic accommodations, but rents are $3,000 a month or more, and most of the available housing is distant. She said it makes more sense to stay in the camper near their jobs and try to save for a brighter future, even if a recent city crackdown chased them from their parking spot. “We still need to eat,” said Saldana, 51. “I still want to bring my kids, once in a while, to a movie, to eat out.”

People ride colorful bikes on the Google campus in Mountain View, California​

She cooks and serves food at two hotels in nearby Palo Alto, jobs that keep her going most days from 5 in the morning until 10 at night. Two of her sons, all in their 20s, work at a bakery and pay $700 toward the RV each month. They're all very much aware of the economic disparity in Silicon Valley. “How about for us people who are serving these tech people?” Saldana said. “We don't get the same paycheck that they do.” It's all part of a growing crisis along the West Coast, where many cities and counties have seen a surge in the number of people living on the streets over the past two years. Counts taken earlier this year show 168,000 homeless people in California, Oregon and Washington - 20,000 more than were counted just two years ago.

Paige Clem sits in the car she lives in along with her husband and three dogs outside a church where free food was being distributed in Everett, Washington​

The booming economy, fueled by the tech sector, and decades of under-building have led to an historic shortage of affordable housing. It has upended the stereotypical view of people out on the streets as unemployed: They are retail clerks, plumbers, janitors - even teachers - who go to work, sleep where they can and buy gym memberships for a place to shower. The surge in homelessness has prompted at least 10 local governments along the West Coast to declare states of emergency, and cities from San Diego to Seattle are struggling to come up with immediate and long-range solutions. San Francisco is well-known for homeless tent encampments. But the homeless problem has now spread throughout Silicon Valley, where the disparity between the rich and everyone else is glaring.

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[Mr Natural]

I’d scrape together enough money to buy a decent pair of walking shoes and head to Florida.

 

[SeaGal]

Assuming you mean with no resources, savings, pension, etc, and already living in the best state in which to be homeless - I'd head to the nearest mid-sized town's Salvation Army homeless shelter - where I'd have access to showers, clothing, 3 hot meals a day and emotional support. In return, I'd be expected to honor the curfew and rules concerning alcohol and tobacco. I'd seek a part time job within walking distance of the shelter...or maybe at the shelter itself if available...and go from there.

 

[anotherlife]

I would go into prostitution.

But if the OP question is to old people, like 50, then they need to commit suicide.

 

[anotherlife]

I would go into prostitution.

But if the OP question is to old people, like 50, then they need to commit suicide.

This is because above 50 people can't work except at their own pace which rules out starting up.

By the way, I think we can gather the 5 general challenges of life by age.

1. Learn to survive early childhood without physical and mental damages.

2. Learn that you are not as big a great thing when you switch from your parents to first school.

3. Learn that you are not as big a great thing when you switch from school to get your first job.

4. Learn that you are useless when you get too old to out talk the next punk at the office.

5. Learn that you are useless and worthless when your sandwich generation daughter in law refuses to give you a room.

 

[Gracie]

It's not as simple as it sounds.

That is all.

 

[rightwinger]

I'd find the nearest Republican and ask for a job

 

[Natural Citizen]

I'd likely feel at home. lol.

When I was a kid, I'd disappear for days in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Fishing. Hunting. Sitting in a wild strawberry patch all day. Watching butterflies. Making camp fires. I think we have around 200 acres there. That's where I'd go. There's a couple of springs, too.

A country boy can survive. tis true. Hehehe.

 

[Bonzi]

I used to go to church for years and every week we had dozens of people come in and ask for money. The Pastor would offer them simple jobs around the church to earn the money, but the just would not do it. This is VERY common.

Think about it... what would be easier, cleaning a toilet in a church, or standing on a street corner all day asking for money? Oh and don't get me started there.. in the town I live near, there are MANY panhandlers and guess what? The only panhandle during nice weather! I mean, even if it's 45 and sunny, none to be found.

 

[rightwinger]

Here is a trick that never fails

Stand on a corner with a sign that says...Will work for food
Then, when a Republican comes up and offers you a job....take it

Watch how quickly he changes his tune

 

[TNHarley]

Go to my moms house

 

[Anathema]

no job
no family
clean slate... what would you do to survive and start over?

1 bullet - .45 ACP, 230 grains, up under the chin with a slight rearward cant. Fixes 100% of your problems, permanently, almost instantly.

 

[BlackSand]

no job
no family
clean slate... what would you do to survive and start over?

Volunteer for the Operation Underground Railroad organization's efforts in Southeast Asia or Africa.
Take another stab at making a lasting and worthwhile mark on the world.

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[Windparadox]

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I would go "underground" for shelter, clothing and food then, hunt down and kill the people responsible for it happening..
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[anotherlife]

The problem is that chicks never want to have sex with you if you are as broke as the conditions in the OP. That is the primary problem to resolve. Any ideas?