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(14,742 posts)49. I cannot imagine being homeless at 75
The homeless patrons I worked with in the library were struggling in their 20s, 30s, 40s.
Like, really struggling. The shelter would kick them out at the crack of dawn, bus them to the library for the day, some had to work cleaning to stay there...then head back around 6pm to get a place for the night. Trundling all they owned in bags. Using the food pantry which they purposely moved far away to keep tourists from seeing them.
The city shut down the soup kitchen a pastor opened to feed them. It was nonstop hostility towards them
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