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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Keep in mind, many of these people are still homeless by choice. We need to face the fact that shelters and social programs won't have the same affect on them as they do with the temporary homeless or families. [/quote]

Why are there no public campgrounds for people who don't want to live in a house?[/quote]

You think that would make a difference? Oh you sweet naive soul [/quote]

You'd be surprised how many homeless people DO spend time living in campgrounds--not national or state parks or private campgrounds but places like municipal campgrounds in smaller cities and towns. We were camping for a week one year in a smallish city and on one side of us were a couple of guys who worked construction and were from several states away, along with one kid and a hooker who came along to watch the kid (she shared it all in the showers one day). One the other side it started with a couple of guys who had gotten a charity voucher to camp for a week, and very quickly everyone they knew showed up. They got kicked out pretty quickly and were replaced by a couple of older guys with a voucher who were quiet. A ways down the road was a family from out of state, their car had broken down but also was not registered or insured and they had been told by the cops as soon as they drove out the car would be impounded. The woman would walk to a nearby liquor store to fetch beer for the guy, who sat around swearing at the kids and did s**t. There was another woman, single, who was living for the summer in an old RV who had a job as a blackjack dealer. There were also other more traditional RV campers and a cub scout group.

It was an eye opener. [/quote]

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