tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303299.post114127489528967243..comments2023-10-31T02:12:45.336-07:00Comments on Hobopoet: Homeless In SFSkaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12898306140740247566noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303299.post-1141499601568828182006-03-04T11:13:00.000-08:002006-03-04T11:13:00.000-08:00Hmm, one more point to make...Most of SF's homeles...Hmm, one more point to make...<BR/><BR/>Most of SF's homeless, from what I've observed, sleep on the streets in the Tenderloin simply because that's where all the services (St. Anthony's, the welfare office, Glide and the other churches that give out free meals) are clustered....and it's also where all the dealers are. One ugly truth we really have to face about homelessness, at least out here, Ryan Garouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01865354847453386481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303299.post-1141498745661665102006-03-04T10:59:00.000-08:002006-03-04T10:59:00.000-08:00A lot of this post sounds extremely familiar for s...A lot of this post sounds extremely familiar for some reason.....<BR/><BR/>(One note about sleeping behind the dunes - Ocean Beach gets cold, cold, COLD after dark with the stiff winds coming off the ocean - even during indian summer. However, there is a stretch of beach between two particular streets, I forget which ones now, where it's legal to build beach fires with driftwood and have them Ryan Garouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01865354847453386481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303299.post-1141350730105360782006-03-02T17:52:00.000-08:002006-03-02T17:52:00.000-08:00Oh, I completely agree with you with regard to the...Oh, I completely agree with you with regard to the madhousers huts. I'm ambivalent about the minders. On the one hand, if they're not bothering anyone else, I think that they should be free to drink themselves to death if they want. On the other hand, hospitals can't refuse them treatment. It seems wasteful to spend millions of dollars on them for emergency healthcare. Personally, I would Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303299.post-1141341976069103532006-03-02T15:26:00.000-08:002006-03-02T15:26:00.000-08:00Chronic HomelessChris.. absolutely agree. But forg...<B>Chronic Homeless</B><BR/><BR/>Chris.. absolutely agree. But forget the minder. Just give them a safe/warm Madhousers hut and foodstamps... and maybe a bit of advice on how to live healthier. Then leave them alone. No need for armies of social workers. No need for ultra expensive housing projects. No need for the very expensive (and pointless) process of trying to coerce them into a "normal Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303299.post-1141341899044474912006-03-02T15:24:00.000-08:002006-03-02T15:24:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.AJ Hogehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182460969294472340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303299.post-1141337493267261672006-03-02T14:11:00.000-08:002006-03-02T14:11:00.000-08:00Check out this Malcolm Gladwell article on homeles...Check out this Malcolm Gladwell article on homelessness: <BR/><BR/>http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060213fa_fact<BR/><BR/>And NPR interview: <BR/><BR/>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5223068<BR/><BR/>Basic thesis: most homeless people are homeless for only a short period of time. Only a small fraction of homeless people are chronically homeless. This small Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com