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Riptide said:

I hate when people say awful things about homeless people ~ very few people would choose to be homeless. They are homeless for a reason, like mental illness, abuse, etc. They need help and support, not hate.

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well said Riptide...i grew up a runaway on the streets and when one of my ex-b/f's found out...the insults that came out his mouth that's why he's an ex-b/f....no child chooses to live on the streets and do whatever they have to to survive....and no adult chooses it either...i know a lot of adults that ended up on the streets coz due to circumstances they had to go to a shelter but couldn't take the abuse there...there's lotsa reasons folks end up on the streets...don't mean they're bad folks...just fallen on bad times is all.