Homeless Person's Tiny, Makeshift Loft Ordered To Be Dismantled
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2024
- A tiny, makeshift loft -- complete with a window -- has been built almost like a bird's nest under the eaves of a bridge in Concord. John Ramos reports. (3/27/17)
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News reporter snitched on them just for a story
No they already were known
It was because it went viral online first. The reporter came after they were already being evicted
Whoever posted the photo was the one that let the cat out of the bag.
Did you know you end up living under a bridge? This reporter needs to go.
"If it bleeds it leads"
This is the definition of kicking a guy when he’s down.
Not really, they offered help, he refused.
If the fucker hadn't strewn trash everywhere, maybe he could've stayed there.
No that would be making sure everybody's out and burning the camp down like they do in the county next to where I live.
Sad
Nahhh...
Next week he will be back .....making a better loft with bar and playroom😂
"They lost the very little they had because of a news publication. So we showed up to exploit and make their situation worse by putting them on our news network too... back to you greg"
That's exactly what they did..
Likely paid them $20 to speak on camera. Otherwise they wouldn’t have had reason to.
I live about a mile away from this bridge, used to ride my dirtbike on that trail, never thought I’d be passing someone’s home. Always be grateful for what you have as life can change in a heartbeat.
You passed homeless people everyday on the sidewalk and you didn't realize it cuz you're brainwashed
That is the point of having homelessness.
It makes it clear to the working class, that they are more than 1 step out of line from being homeless.
It creates obedient workers.
@@UNDDK24 homeless people aren’t paying taxes into their local municipality… “they” have nothing to gain by “making” people homeless lol the world is driven by money
@@benconnelly646 They do, I am refering to business owners, not the state.
To the business class, homeless people can serve as a motivator to the working class, as to what happens if they step out of line. It is a way to keep people in check.
It is true that too many homeless people can be a burden for the business class, but they can also be a tool.
It's challenging now look up the great reset
Give the guy a job in carpentry at least he tried.
Way t think!
Probably is a carpenter lots of carpenters are homeless unfortunately.
@@eatmyshortsman926 I'm curious to know why or how they are homeless
@@seanlanier1826 your a 🤡
Facts!!!
What kind of question is "did you think you'd end up like this?" What kind of answer do they expect?! "Ya I always knew I was going to be homeless and I'm happy I fulfilled my dreams."
Reporters suck. The dude better have gotten paid for that interview
What a dumbass question
🤣🤣🤣 man, I'm dying
What a dickhead. As an ex homeless person, that kinda question is like asking a cancer patient "bet those cigaretteswere worth it now, huh?" Its like, if i knew thats where I was going, I wouldn't have screwed around as much
They're robots and have zero empathy or compassion they just care about breaking a news story. Scumbag reporter i have waaay more respect for the homeless gentleman then the jackass behind the microphone.
Shelters suck, and homeless people frequently abuse other homeless people. I’ve been homeless before, and I speak from experience. In order to not get the “homeless person” stigma, I kept myself clean, got a job, avoided other homeless people, and lived in my car. People will be more likely to help you if you are not unkempt.
That said, I hoped everything worked out for all of those people, as everyone deserves a home.
Good for you. $10 a month for a planet fitness membership and you can shower all you want.
Even a homeless person can scrounge together $10
not to mention the staff.........the owners of shelters know who they are and what they do to the homeless they supposedly serve
Same here I was homeless for 4 years and it was horrific, I feel for anyone who has ever experienced it or currently still is
Somexs ppl r broken. And somexs ppl become a product of that. "perhaps reunite then w/ their fam." If that's what she said, fool, they prob can't! & I've been too. But if I got prideful & egotistical, I'd rather use those qualities for where they count. But id be lying if ppl who walked up to me asking for hand outs didn't make me mad. I'm def not more bishy than the next. I'm more empathetic, in fact. But even w/ that said, break the mold. *or the mold set out for you. I once saw some ppl saying they needed money for diapers. I've seen more than once, families asking for things. & I'm not sure if that's a gimmick. But what I am sure of, is there's def assistance for those type things. Idkw ppl don't tell them these things. Usually I'm on the traveling go when I see these types tho
Sleeping in the car feels so much more safe and easier to travel in when the time comes and less fuel etc
I was a homeless heroine attic for years and I built this exact same loft Mine was not as wide But the bridge was built exactly the same way the columns were just closer together I used the metal posts from street signs from street signs And I covered the front with chain link I could literally lock the door .
addict*
Glad you're doing good.
They couldn't care less about the trash a accumulated but lose it when they find out a homeless couple builds a home there makes sense.....
@General YeahYeah for the ones who built it, the only people who would get harmed are people in it or someone dumb enough to be under it. The city the bridge and hell even the ground would be perfectly fine if it broke and fell with people in it
@General YeahYeah they are fucking homeless thats already a safety hazard
squatting rights?
Good fuckin point👍
Homeless are the trash problem, all homeless camps is a god damn disgrace and a trash dump, one bum in a city park can trash half of it in 2 hrs they have absolutely no respect for anything or anyone ✅✅
I quite like this, its a piece of art. They could have remained there for years if others had minded their own business.
..totally agree
But that’s is a illegal settlement also it will weakened the bridge
@@organizedchaos4559 hahaha no and no
@@organizedchaos4559 Let me take a wild guess... You watch CNN almost "religiously" You hate Trump Because the media said so and last but not least id bet my left nut you wear a face mask everywhere you go oh and you Think Socialism/ Communism is Uthopia. Id bet money that at least 2 of these you beileve with everything you habe in you.
Paint grey and cover window with trash. Next time perhaps
Give that architect a career. He was creating something out of nothing💗
Either you help the homeless or you leave them alone.
Thats the way i feel about it.
If society wasnt so fucked up there would be no homeless people.
It's society's fault? I'm homeless because of drugs and every single person in Portland Oregon is homeless due to drugs or mental health there's maybe a handful of people who don't fall into those categories out here. Your first statement was very nice and thoughtful but, you're wrong my friend.
@@arsek503 I have 37 likes on this comment that agrees with what i say so no im not wrong.I live in this society too and i know very well what the system we live in is like.
A good way to look at it is when people ask you about the homeless problem you tell them it's a society problem and I am a member of society so it is my problem and or our problem to see if they agree with you,, usually that's such a mind blower for the straight lace the Democrat they can't handle it and will not want a relationship with you after that
Many of the homeless can help themselves by getting a job as well so go blame those that are not that helpless and can go to work just like others.
I can't vibe with the victim mentality, don't forget about personal accountability too. The world doesn't owe anyone a single thing.
Rent is probably 900 a month for that scenic loft
Tycoonterror only comment that made me laugh good job my friend.
$1900 in california 🤣
My tiny loft is $1,705 in the south bay.
Here I am thinking, $1700 to $1900 is affordable compared to what Cali rent is really like, let alone talk about owning real estate in the Bay Area
Imagine they put it on Airbnb and make lots of cash
They give these people a hard time because they can't get any tax rent out of them.
Thats absolutely correct. Thats the real reason the homeless are looked down upon. No money to give the city? They'd rather see them dead. Phuck governments.
Hell , I had an uncle that lived in a chicken coop
I had a job once doing roadside asst.The boss wanted us to live in the garage in order to get faster response times....i said not so much
TheGodParticle exactly! We're all slaves . Cant escape the grind. Shit.. even suicide is illegal lol they need each and everyone of us until the very last bit of pulp is squeezed out of us
TheGodParticle / They give these people real options but they re not interested. He was offered a place out of the weather but both the man and the women turned away help.
The person that build that loft definitely have some construction experience. Maybe some one will give him or her a job
the key is to build hidden and out of sight... i have converted an abandoned war shelter for my friend who become homeless... The entrance was through a metro vent... he lived there quite comfortably for years until he got a job again...
The key is to build in hidden area that close to city areas, places like near or abandoned subway stations
The news always ruins everything
Yeah you’re right they ruin everything but homeless people living in your neighborhood drops homes price to
@@macsaucedouble5941 and? Are the prices of homes more important than homeless folk?
@@neon9016 apparently to this homeless people drug is more important than anything so hell yeah my home and my property is more important
@@macsaucedouble5941 clearly you’ve never been homeless
I made a home for myself to attempt to at least not be homeless.
Gov: that's great but take it down or face wrath.
@@persistentapparartionkitty5830 that sucks worse. Here in U.S. of America, we don't use a Queen or King because the land here is for us people, not that one person leading this land us people. Even with that Freedom we have, there are still rules that illegally override parts of that freedom because those rules were made Legal by those who own so much land to get to Make Up these rules that bend our individual free will. It's all a game of gang relations on a professional level, qnd it doesn't apply to me. Lol
Would you be okay if somebody was making a pallet home next to you? Everybody feels sorry for the homeless until the homeless are in their front yard. Every one of us taxpayers are paying every time these cities and counties have to make sweeps of homeless camps, pick up and discard the tons of garbage left behind. If you guys are okay with paying for all of this, then by all means, keep blaming the government, that news reporter and anybody else who is "so mean" to the homeless.
@@gatoloco4217 I don't think that applies here because this man was living up under a bridge and out of sight.
Anyone who pays Rent is homeless just temporarily not. And if you own a home do you pay taxes on it every year? Is it really ever your's? Why not get a big RV and really be free? Then there's no stupid yard to worry about another human trying to survive on it. Simply just move and don't live in heavily crowded areas? Peace would then be truly available.
Quality of Life is Not about having a job and paying bills to have quality of life.
@@gatoloco4217 But I also do agree with the trash part because being homeless is zero excuse for not using a trash can. I was homeless once, still am technically, but when I legitimately was on the streets I still used a trash can because I see Earth as my home so the ground is like the floor where trash does not go. Just wish more people would see it that way, at least.
@@coincollectorchase No doubt no matter the situation, I see trash on the ground literally 4 ft from a trash can. The snow just melted fn trash everywhere. Need gloves or something nobody else will do it.
When homeless create little houses for themselves they always make one mistake. Piles of garbage strewn all over which is an eyesore and that offends the average citizen and it becomes the authorities obligation to clean it up. If they were tidy and discrete it most likely would not cause a problem. Out of sight out of mind so to speak.
Well, also illegal fires for cooking and warmth plus peeing and pooping all over the place. Squatting is not the answer.
Exactly even if it's not you arent putting the garbage there . Its being guilty by association and a person to put the blame on.
That's definitely the main problem they literally create for themselves . All they need to do is not bring shit back to where they stay
Thats bs man they most definitely dont care about the trash
Maybe the county should leave those large trash bins so they can throw them away and not walk 2 miles to the nearest trash can !
Californians: I'm tired of seeing homeless in our streets and in constant view
Also Californians: I'm tired of homeless living in the shadows. I mean the audacity of these people using our bridges as homes
It must suck for you to be in yer house,. While the homeless are in site.... How could you possibly sleep at night knowing that we are sleeping out there.......homeless isn't the problem,. It is the winhnut mentally ill be causing all the rukus. Be well and just remember..... You are. A few bad choices from being where I am.
@@Jake-ii8th woah wait what?
I have nothing against homeless
Infact I despise the smug attitude of californians
Hence my sarcastic comment
@Joshua Wassenaar you guys need to lay off the farts it's messing with your brain
I hate how the smug people of california treat the poor/homeless
I thought it was obvious from my sarcastic comment but I guess I was wrong
@Joshua Wassenaar actually bassed on the likes to dislike ratio on my comment alot 100+ folks got the joke
2 of you didnt and came crying to me about being "heartless"
Lilrich143: I got it. Guess not everyone was brought up with satire.
"Tear it down yeah!!" (Goes back into warm house 4 hours later ) it's disgusting how they just dismantled this persons tiny area of comfort.
Nah doesn't work that way...they were offered bed at the centers they refused...you have to understand that their loft could affect the integrity of the bridge we don't know how many wholes the made on the post and beams of the bridge just to create that loft
@@rodolfodiero826 well if I had to guess none at all becuase they're homeless and don't have 400$ to spend on a cordless hammer drill, and second to me it looks like they literally just laid their 2x material inside the bays. Anybody with even a basic understanding of engineering knows it's not affecting anything at all. 😂
@@rodolfodiero826 they weren't offered a bed. What do you this this is, Switzerland? People in the US don't have shelters to go to, just concrete boxes with one giant floor, and its a year and a half wait for a spot at the minimum (I got on my feet after 2 years of being homeless since 2019, and I only got accepted into my local shelter after I had already gotten an apartment) as much as you'd like to believe that the world's cares enough to help, they don't. If they did, there wouldn't be homeless people at all, they'd have a place
@@rodolfodiero826 they have to pay each night for service center beds if you have no money how can you afford the bed dickhead
@@samfazers8818 local salvation army near me is completely free, they only have so many spots available and it's for extreme weather but they also offer breakfast and lunch for free. I would know. I utilized those services myself when I was homeless
So, a homeless guy shows some innovation and creates a home inside an unused public structure, and the damn government intervenes for no reason? Typical.
Felix Blackwood - Until the bridge infrastructure gives out and they are crushed in the rubble. Then it ll be “Those poor people - someone should have helped them!” And every relative that didn t care enough will come crawling out of the woodwork to sue everybody involved that let them live under that bridge.
Kathleen Overton: That is one shitty bridge if it collapses partially because someone shoved some scavenged wooden pallet parts under it. Now, if every homeless person in that vicinity decides that they want to help found a tree house city under that same overpass, then maybe that might happen. Also, it's not as easy to bring a wrongful death suit against a city government as you seem to think, especially by fourth cousins or the like.
@@kathleenoverton3263 so your saying its safe enough to drive and walk across but not safe enough to be below it?
@@julianhermanubis6800 dont worry kathleen overton is clearly a liberal who put no thought into her statement
Felix Blackwood Not even sure what you mean by fourth cousins. And I never said they shack would compromise the bridge. I said if the infrastructure collapsed. And before you think that s far off the cuff - right in my town that exactly happened as a tractor trailer truck was driving over a bridge here causing the truck to go off the side killing the driver. And still there’s all the garbage they just throw around under there and a question still remains of where exactly do they go to the bathroom. My daughter lives in LA and she tells me that they just squat wherever even on public sidewalks and parking lots. Pretty gross and a health hazard.
i had a friend who told me he lived under a bridge in new Orleans for three years. He was a vet, black and gay, and an addict. He was spiritually sick. When he finally got into AA, he got sober, and within five years was up and running, had purchased a house, had a car and a relationship and was involved in AA and a church. More importantly, he was living happy, joyous and free.
The hopelessness in that brothers face as he stared at the camera and looked away... I had to cut it after that 😔😔😔😔 I'm sorry for you humans 👽💯
The stupidity of the judges and those who have never been homeless and have had no hope!
This is not how God wants us to treat each other!!!
Idk bout that god stuff but it's also ppl like you who also want homeless ppl kicked off any part of a specific property.
@@_Inferno_Fayhow do you know that this specific person wants that?
Blessings dear One
They aint bothering anyone, which part of this land can you just be left alone.
The city should make a plea deal with them. They can have their fancy loft as long as they clean up the trash under and around the bridge.
That's a good idea man....we have a nice river nearby and used to make lovely cubbies as kids there...but if you lived there on condition that you cleaned it and rubbish picked as a council job or something...it could be a perfect way out for some...
I guess I mean they could pay you so much for a full wheely bin...just a thought..
None
You can run and hide but the taxman always gets his ,sadly no "free " place exist because of property taxes,but the stupid voters allow it anyway.
there is a deep reason why they dont want to go back to soceity. live them alone
not really he just needs to get back on his feet and on track i hope hes okay though.
@@mondo9.2.5 it's not that simple.
Most "services" do not want to help.
They want to dictate.
exactly, and they are [praised by their stupid donors!
"Did you think you'd end up like this?" - oh, most definitely, it's been a dream of mine since I was a kid to be living under a bridge, homeless.
What a stupid f-ING question
Why would anyone care if someone did this? The dude isn't hurting anyone and it's not like everyday people walk under the bridge. Just leave him be and let him alone. But oh hey, lets kick them while they're already down cause that makes perfect sense.
BagsOfFun96 it does pose a risk to him and his girl. I would say if they were in the woods leave them be.
Because this isn’t a third world. It’s disgusting. Losers like you are the reason for the degradation of society into these standards
@@RC.41 Boy, you sure are emphatic.
Only thing they should do is ask the people to clean the trash get it up the hill for the city workers to easily pick it up
Rob Fowler kid did you take your adhd medication because your talking fucking stupid
I'd live under the bridge before I live in a shelter with other ppl. I love being independent
The people who living under there ain’t bothering no body why would the city decide to pick on them it’s not fair
Leave them alone!
Too bad their shelters are fucking hell
These people poison the land and water. They create toxic environments. They steal shit.
@@promontorium Good, More work cops. that doesn't serve and protect no more. The cops only protect interest and property. We need make more money out the prison system.
@@promontorium whew - was hoping you'd chime in with an opinion.
@@promontorium tell me about it. I live near stockton and every time I pass the river theres a bridge and a bunch of homeless ruined our rivers. Piss, shit tainted our waters. Bunch of nasty people
Kind of creative. Using pallets as floor joists between girders. Sounds like there homeless not hopeless.
For real..
Agreed. I know its an old story, but there's more of this around -- but who goes looking under bridges?
I must give the homeless guy some credit rather than living in a box on top of the trash he made a pretty decent living area out of what was available.
I've slept under alot of bridges when I hitch hike and always thought of doing this. Plenty off room. I'd hang my hammock up with 2 pairs of vice grips and sleep
He walked out of Home depot 1 mile away with that window without a care in the world. Security cant touch them. Invite this guy to make a tree house in your front yard hypocrites.
Whenever make shift shelters pop up for the homeless the city can’t wait to tear it down wtf
This was probably one of the most creative ideas I've seen. 👍Let them live.
No
Exactly!
@@deborahdarr1964 no
@@iHeartOiSkanks yes
@@oldmerledoq562 they have to pay taxes first. So no.
Someone should give that guy a piece of land land somewhere , whatever home he builds he keeps forever .Construction owner give him a job to maintain .He clearly has some talents that can be nurtured.💯🙏🏽
Even if anyone would give him land. You need permits to construct. All homes occupancy permits on file. And permits can be revoked. America is the land of Tenants.
@@MiguelRamirez-ld7sy We built a pretty large house on secluded land, no permit no nothing, govt can’t touch it either, all I’m saying is that it can be donr
yes, a piece of land that he can live off from.
I want a job too! I've been hearing skills by that 90s group in my head all day. Not those type of skillz but I wanna know the basics too
That loft would go for 925 a month here in Austin. Thats not bad. 🤣
I’ve been homeless before. No helping hands or recommending beings. Just me, myself, and my lust to be clean comfortable and happy. I’ll always choose happiness.
Their already on the streets. When you ask them to leave where are they to go?
Imagine being in a burning building and the firefighter wants you to pay them before they rescue you. Or what if they wanted to drug test you and wait until the lab sends them results in the week to finish the rescue? Or what if they forced you to sit in a fire safety class while the building is burning down around you?
The analogy doesn't quite work as well as you thought, does it.
@@gl9500 so you've grown up with a safety support net that keeps you from failing, good for you.
You pretend that you know about what a homeless shelter is, but you don't. You act like these people can just get a job really easily, but they can't. Its not that simple.
With homelessness there's a few issues that they have to deal with that you have in your pocket without trying.
Take for 1, you have an employment record that doesn't have gaps, any gaps you do have can be honestly answered, while they have to say "I couldn't find another job"
2 you have an address, imagine going up to a prospective employer and informing them that you don't have an address. Just that alone can be a chance killer, and what do you do... lie? Give them a fake address and hope that mailing isn't necessary and they don't Google your address and figure out it's a McDonalds?
3 you have an address, so you can easily get forms of identification like a drivers license, or state issues ID. You can also get a bank card mailed to you, or a new one when that breaks. You can receive mail that you will need to get a job, what can they do... ask a gas station, Wal-Mart or McDonald's to accept mail like that for you?
4 you have access to plenty of sleep and a shower with clean clothes. To many homeless people clean clothes is synonymous with new clothes, a shower is a pipe dream, and a good nights sleep is likely napping for 30 min at a time in different places before a cop shows up to move you to your next napping spot.
5 you have social skills being exercised daily, as a homeless person you are likely to avoid people, as your smell alone is enough to upset people. So you avoid people, even if you get cleaned up to present at an interview, your ability to actually communicate well is going to be struggling as a homeless person. Add in the social anxieties that usually caused the disconnect from family in the first place. They feel no self worth as society looks down on them, they have likely been betrayed, or have felt that they've been betrayed and thus developed trust issues. Take that into a job interview and try and make a good impression.
Then take those trust issues and have somebody you hardly know offering you help that isn't immediate and final. Why would you turn them up, in their eyes the firefighters may well have started the fire in the building just so they can rescue them so they will be indebted
The analogy doesn't work because you lack insight to the problems they're dealing with, offering hamfisted excuses for your distaste with their situation leads nowhere. Solutions are needed, and to find solutions you need to understand the problems they need help with.
@@SherrifOfNottingham I completely agree . And dumbfuck doesn't care to read and use his brain cell
Further down the street ....
@@SherrifOfNottingham people will talk so much shit until they are homeless, or want to compare they're suffering. " Oh bro you haven't seen homeless stuff like I have" ok? Why does it matter who has seen more 😂. Like can't everyone get off there high horse
“did you think you’d end up like this?”
yea i just knew when i grew up i’d be homeless 😑
That is the best response I’ve ever heard
Exactly, you grew up knowing your actions have consequences.
@Lee Wilcox been there already
@@ghettogrower3499 NOT REAY CHUMP.
@@ghettogrower3499 SO YOUR ACTIONS MADE YOU HOMELESS ...NOT ALL ARE IDIOTS LIKE YOU!
I see these makeshift structures popping up all over Sacramento . Literally on residential streets. Not just tents but structures made of wood and pallets with doors and everything. Especially on fruitridge and Stockton blvd
At least he got a “lady friend “
I was homeless for a summer.. man was that humbling.
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@@gircakes getting a job in financing is not rocking science dumbass
@@johnvidal70 maybe there's a school of rock where you learn the science of being a rockstar :D
@@dank4263 "Rocking science" LMAO and you had the nerve to call someone ELSE a dumbass...
City people are so heartless dont care about the homeless karma will pay back
Yes it will. In today’s fast turning world the poor don’t have a chance.
I used to think like you guys but that is not a good situation to be in,So if they get evicted its push for Improvement and not to be seen as damaging!
"Nowhere to go, no one to turn to, no help anywhere" and then help arrives and they say "no thank". Shelters surely aren't paradise, but they are a stepping stone. Living under a bridge is not going to lead anywhere but down, if it's possible to go even further. "Living free" is never free. We all pay for it.
Sooner than they ever imagined
Is that an invitation for people to come to where you live?
*Man I remember last thanksgiving. I bought a mini rotisserie chicken, 4 piece Hawaiian bread, single serving of mashed potatoes, and apple cider and the cashier said, “aww so cute”. The reality of being homeless set in. I didn’t notice the things I was doing to feel normal. I just ended up depressed n gave everything away to another homeless couple I see often.*
Idk. I suck at holiday stuff lol. More I vent like this, the better I’ve felt recently so pls ignore this comment lol.
I hope you can find some help
I wouldn't think homeless, I would think it was just some lonely single person
@@marijuanas I know it can’t last forever. Been working on it lately and it’s going pretty good
This is class. Just let him be this could stay up forever bc it’s such a great idea. It’s inspiring. If you’re going to move them out, you’re basically evicting them. 100% need to give them a house and they must keep it up bc I love this
Okay so you deny them when they need help and kicked them out when they find shelter 😑.
I believe that lady was offering them shelter, apparently they only want it their way.
@@cmcmahon8551This attitude is why there are these problems that cannot be addressed. Of course you want a place that feels safe. "want it their way". Putz!
Glad your people have their own party now. Next step is for you all to leave and start your own country. I hear Bikini Atoll has some real estate that would suit.
@@6sfo Haha, I'm thinking " my people" won't be doing that!
A lot of homeless people don’t go into shelters because they refuse to stay off drugs. In my area there are tons of beds but tons of homeless because they won’t follow the rules. They have these outreach programs and people that come directly to them and provide them with food and water, they make shelters, pee and take craps wherever they please, leave mountains of trash everywhere they go but cry for help. There is help, most don’t really want help, they want everything for free.
@@trisha56238 i think some people won't stay in shelters for fear of losing the few belongings they have. One in my area doesn't even have any storage space for bikes, so people risk losing the only mode of transportation they have by staying there as they would have to leave it outside. They can put locks on them, but a pair of bolt cutters and 5 seconds and it's gone.
I was homeless for a few years, it was a profound experience. Part of that life I saw haunts me sometimes. I now have my own business, a home, wife and kids. Life is very good. These people are not stupid, most are addicts. Once you conquer the addiction, your skills and life itself, become self evident. Adversity breeds strength, and confidence.
Good luck to all..
What part of it haunts you? I am curious
@@kiloton1920 I saw two diff people die in in front of me. One man, we traveled together for a while, I came back to camp one night only to find him hanging from a tree. He shat himself himself,and his tongue was hanging out, and swollen. His eyes were open wide. ( his feet were aImost touching the ground, only 3 inches)I see that image now, as if it was yesterday. Cop told me that’s what happens when you hang yourself, the rope stretches after a while from the weight,some people, they find on there knees. The other was a young man who was extremely high on meth, we had been traveling together with a man woman couple for about 2 weeks ( there is safety in numbers) he started seeing things. Someone called the police on him . They came, after a long standoff, he was hiding in the woods. he pulled out a knife, and started running towards them, screaming... they shot him multiple times. I saw it happen from a distance. It was a horrible thing to see, he didn’t die right away,that’s the worst part, his screams..his agony,calling for his mama as he died in the woods. Alone.
Then there was jails, many jails, and I even went to prison for a 3 years. ( battery, high and aggravated nature ) that’s a whole other experience in itself. There is more. Enough for now.
I was homeless also have a home n a family now. Wasnt addict to anything tho. Got dealt a shit hand n kicked out when I was 18.. worked 2 jobs n got my ass of those streets. You are right tho most folks I knew were addicted to some kind of hard drug.
I’m homeless and completely clean and sober. I left my childrens father because he became abusive after we had our children and even though I had money saved and a job I didn’t meet the minimum requirements for most apt complexes. Literally one turned me away because I made $60 less one month than what they accepted as their minimum.. lol. So now I’m hoping and praying this shelter takes my kids and I in. It sucks cause they prioritize addicts and people battling mental health crisis (Their words not mine).. everyone in the middle is forgotten. I’m not mentally ill.. I’m not on drugs .. I just don’t make 3x the rent in California so here I am.. without a home. I have been looking into leaving Cali because they don’t care about people needing a home. If you don’t make enough to pay your rent three time over you won’t have even a decent life.
@@groundedinsunshine3848 My prayers, and heart goes out to you. California is a tough place to live, expensive and there has been a home shortage for a while now. I think leaving there is an excellent idea IMO. Life is much cheaper in other places. I live in the South East. Atlanta suburbs. You can rent a 3 bedroom house, with a yard and fence lot for $1000 a month. My mortgage payment on my house $1050 a month.8 more years left to pay it off. My house is worth 328K, I bought it for 160k 9 years ago. Average income per year here is 52K. That’s a grand a week, easy to make that her in the food industry even. I really hope you find a place for you and your children. You are stringer than you think, you are a power house, and to be reckoned with. Remember that. God made you, and your are special. This experience will help you in the long run, it will build a character in you that few find in a lifetime, because it requires suffering.
God luck to you, and may God bless you in every way. Right now Father. Amen.
those outreach programs always demand things that are unreasonable to a person whos been living on the street.
“The solution to homelessness is to make more houses” wise words that sure solves everything
He is such a handsome young man beautiful teeth with tears 😢 in his voice you hear him hurting 😢 I hope he isn't homeless today and he's doing well.
@@butteredwettoastbro proof?
how do you know?
He died
Over dosed
😢 @@coolstorybro_cant_wait_4_movie
Except the homeless "shelter" charges money to stay there
Indeed if it was only money they charged, it would be an improvement.
Homeless shelters suck and the rules are freaking ridiculous. Most make you get up at 5 or 6 in the morning then you have to clean and then you usually can eat breakfast and then you got to be out by depending on the shelter between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. and you're not allowed to return until usually 5 or after 5 I've stayed in them before and they are ridiculous and the services they offer aren't usually as great as they're making out they are. I can see why people would rather live under the bridge.
When a better alternative to a homeless shelter is prison, you quickly realize why nobody with a brain goes near there.
homeless shelters are full of hobos and rapists.
Yes. AND shelters are terrifying..
Imagine minding your own business, not bothering anyone and the news snitching on you while the news anchors go home to there beds and sleep with comfort. No surprise all of them come from well off families.
God Bless those people that did try to help. No harm no foul...and they did try.
Government has money for other countries though makes ya sick
They gave your hard-earned* cash to my South African President and he in turn gave it to the people of our Rainbow nation. People have houses, medication, and THOUSANDS have been taken off the streets. It was not all to waste. Thankyou for helping us.
And money to bomb other countries :/
@@tybarker5038 no. We barely have enough to bomb ourselves but we are certainly making a concerted effort.
1.9 TRILLION stimulus ,we probably got 1 billion and the rest went to corporations and overseas.
Sucks American government let’s these people and families suffer but at least they gave millions to Egypt’s military and Afghanistan
Building more houses is not always the best thing to do, a lot of homes are empty cuz few people can afford to live in them. That is a real problem, and we should try to inhabit these places before building new.
In the Midwest US a lot of nice homes are abandoned and left to rot because people cannot afford to live in them, so the gov is condemning them and breaking them down
@@ercushkakulmetov7458 What a sad waste.
@@Network126 there are ways to take back abandoned buildings or homes by the bank in wisconsin,I know a few people who have done it already
Wow this is sad! How is this affecting anyone’s life to want to tear it down let the man live
"We offer shelter beds". Ever been to a shelter? Only an idiot would stay there if they had a way to leave.
It's not a window anymore it's a door now
French doors in miniature!
When one door closes, a window opens.
Pretty damn genius and innovative if you ask me🤔
Yeah they offer them sheltered beds. Snowing or not they kicked them out at 7:30 in the morning and they're not allowed back in the shelter till 4:00 p.m. so during the day they're left to wander around and all sorts of kinds of weather.
If that American citizen was an illegal, he'd be in a 5-star hotel and all the food he could throw out
We own a large piece of property in town up on a 60'Cliff.the peddlers and homeless beggers on every street corner in a small town in rural WV started to set up camp on our out of sight out of mind property. we told them in the spring of last yr they could stay on the far back corner as long as they were clean about it and wouldnt bother any of the realtors or buyers, a month later we go up there to meet with the power company and those dirty homeless, drug addict,thieving, vandalizing ass bums busted all the windows out of every piece of equipment including our dump truck that we told them to put their trash in the back of it to keep the place clean. I put no trespassing signs up all over every point of entry and everywhere in between and they would take them down, so I started putting them up with a ladder which slowed them down on removing them. They would leave when they would see one of us unlocking the gate a half a mile away so we could never catch them. They had needles, empty alcohol containers, stolen goods from the mall, purses with people's cards and keys everything they got their non working dirty ass hands on was up there. So I took a friend and a dozer and track hoe one evening and dug a huge hole and took the dozer and pushed there whole nasty camp in it and buried it with police escort. These people can't be helped they just take and take. If they can buy drugs and alcohol then they can get a room.
And I'm pretty sure if you were in there shoes . . .
If Homeless Shelters kicked out the trouble makers and focused on the people who want more than just a bed for the night, progress could be made
They need to drug test.
Blue Squirtle you’re an idiot, drug addicts are people who need help and deal with mental issues. So we should turn them on the street so they can shoot up outside your kids schools?
@@thexvault How is he an idiot? All he said was that they need to do drug tests.
And that's not what they do? You really think that just let shit go down without dealing with it? And if they do the issue is with whoever is staffed at the shelters not the the people who use them
A bed was offered but was turned down
Those darn homeless, they should be happy in their situation. Instead they are trying to make a shelter for themselves. OHH the nerve.
As a houseless person I salute the crafter of this shelter.
So let me ask...When you kick homeless people out of their makeshift home, where do they go?
I'm facing homelessness. No drugs or alcohol or gambling or any addictions. Its called living on disability. Had to go on it at age 45. So payments are below poverty. Have family. But no help. One I stopped talking to 8 yrs ago. The other, in a small home, took in our niece and her father along with her boyfriend. The 2 can get an apt. But take advantage of my "doormat" brothers generosity. I'm living in a nonfamily home caretaking a senior. My health worsened 3 weeks ago. One day soon being here is over. Only my young friends do I have to live with. I need physical help. I can do things for myself, but limited in how long to do it. I wirked hard. Had a dozen layoffs. Each one set me back to square one. So, not everyone is homeless due to addictions or mental illness. Shelters assume you are one or all of that. If there was simple affordable housing, I'd have a home.
@dan clark your too young to be disabled, u seem to read/write well had u ever considered a career change maybe something less physically demanding
@@jason4832 haha, for all we know he could have MS or some other debilitating illness. who the hell are you to say he is too young to be disabled?
@@emmcey i consider 45 to be young to be disabled and he never said what caused his disability..
Lastly he spoke well i figured he could use his talents for a more productive result..just sayin
But then again he may be happy livin off the system...most of them could work but dont cause they make more off the system
@@jason4832 it's very hard to get social security disability here in the US, if that's where he is from. Most people that apply get denied. The only person I know on it has severe Schizophrenia and maybe gets $1000/month. Definitely not gonna be something you can really live off of, the person I know only exists because they live with a parent.
It actually seems like they worked pretty hard and we're really resourceful with what they had. Its hidden and well also so not an eyesore.
Why would you sleep in a hundred thousand dollar house when you can sleep under a million dollar bridge instead.
Hundreds of millions of Americans are a missed paycheck away from homelessness. America we gotta do better. Truly reward work.
It's interesting that nobody wanted any help from the outreach members. Must not like the cut of their jib
I don't know about that City but where I'm at I'd rather be in Harris County Jail then go to one of the shelters the jail is actually cleaner and safer and has better food which is complete crap food but it's still better than what you get at the shelters
I have homeless friends that are physically fit and smart. They refuse to work, pay bills or be responsible. They still want to bum money daily and drink and do drugs and breed.
That's assuming the News actually reported the whole truth of the story. I guarantee there is more to the story.
Outreach services just profit of homeless people not giving acquit help so they can transition back to society's. But the average person would think that
There’s more to the story than the media is saying, phony bologna news
I have been very broke but never felt compelled to discard my trash everywhere and live in filth.
Agreed that they should pick up their trash. But I think they should be able to stay where they are if they do.
@@SC-ge4mg I dont think they caused the trash to be there. I mean have you seen the shit people throw out their cars onto the road? I think that trash might have already been there when they started living there.
@@tommyboyio1363 Very possible. I think that if they are going to make it their home, it would be nice to improve on it. Maybe other people who are less tolerant of the homeless would get off their backs if they contributed to the clean up. Just a thought.
So the crew on a new home construction site are saying, so that's where that stolen window went!
Pure Genius. Based on my prior experience in City planning and knowledge on the value of infilling new development within city boundaries, I think this tiny home constructor has really come up with a solution for many municipalities' problem as to where to house the staggering population of homeless individuals.
Forget immigrants. Take care of our own !
@Robert Lee hes talking about illegal immigrants
Fact
Tommy Maltipoo atleast immigrants come to the country TO WORK meanwhile CITIZENS are too lazy to even try and get back on their feet. immigrants are born into poverty that’s why they leave to come to the US. meanwhile your citizens are born in this beautiful country and become homeless.
Donald J. Trump MAGA you’re not allowed to get benefits without a social and if you use a fake one for that then they’ll catch it before they even get a penny. Use your head you fucking dumb bitch.
Now you deleted your comment cause I came at you w real facts. Tell your buddy trump to open the government and do what we pay them taxes for. There’s people losing their homes and going without food because of trump and he’s still got supporters. I wonder why. And another thing... i thought Mexico was going to pay for that wall. What happened? Now my taxes gotta pay for a useless wall while there’s so many homeless veterans and sick people w no insurance. Use our taxes for our better not to build a wall just because most Mexicans are brown and Americans don’t “like” “Mexicans”.
Either give them a home to live in or leave them the hell alone
With stolen materials and they reject help. Sick
How do you know it was stolen? It can tell you are a republican
How tf do u kick ppl from under a bridge that's out of site & already full of garbage... Smh.
Most of the time, The people offering help... Talk down to homeless folks and are condescending... And sometimes the help they offer come with strings attached...
Rube Clayton , I hear you! my son and i became homeless in Hawaii, due to them raising our rent 3× plus my SsDi pending going on 3 years fighting for it and the loss of my husband. We ended up in a shelter which is run with staff whom think its a prison, abusive to us and alot of overt and subversive threats to instill fear and intimidation! i can see now why alot of homeless in Hawaii would rather stay out of shelters!
Rube Clayton there is always strings attached , these people are already down and society insist on kicking them even further
Fact
So you were there and witnessed this situation? Or just running your ignorant mouth?
They don't actually care. Offering help gets tax right offs. Or pays.
What a crap world. Can't even try to make a little shelter where no one else even goes anyway. That's messed up. Why can't they just leave those people alone? They're already miserable and living like that. How could you feel good about making their lives even harder?
how a nation treats its most vulnerable, shocking, and should have left the person alone.
What harm do those people do living under a bridge?
Michael Davis Did you not see all the trash and filth that was left under that bridge.
Piles of trash bring in rats and coyotes. And where do you think they re going to the bathroom?
If you let them live there, what happens when the government has to do maintenance and cleaning? Work around them? Move them and their "stuff" to another bridge?
The garbage for one.
@deefirst I don't think these people have High dollar drill's or tools that can do million of dollars in damage to the bridge
Not all homeless people are looking for a place to stay some would rather be on their own and survive by their own means. I know this from some homeless people I've has spoken to and asked why?
Richard Joe-Leonn because living off the grid is stress free, those people deserve to have sanctuary somewhere in the middle of nowhere to live off the land like we were intended to! I personally couldn’t do it but I’ve seen people do it successfully. I follow these youtubers who all live in vans and cars... they seem to be well
When you say their own means, you mean off of the shit I paid for in taxes that was built so they haven’t payed for shit and want everything for free
Slo Poke calm down and get a life
Emanuel Brown look at that, they let you in the library while they tear your house down
Dingus E. Dow are you assuming all homeless people steal?
You know damn well they stole all that lumber and window from home construction site. I’m impressed how they got so much. They definitely made several trips with a shopping cart or bike hitch.
Stop building more houses and start enforcing RENT CONTROL on existing houses!
It's 2019 and I'm still waiting for the homeless to go on a riot, this shit draws a line for me.
2020 year of the riots.
Rich nobles harrassing the local peasants
More like people with jobs who pay taxes cleaning up their city.
@@wandamiancrucifixplate568 that's an appalling statement, especially coming from a Deus Ex Machina fan, did you choose the illuminati ending?
@@wandamiancrucifixplate568 Taxes doesn't even benefit shit to anyone including the homeless which the IRS are thieves scums.
whoever built that could definitely get a job in construction. they should contact the builder and help connect him to a job. that would be the compassionate thing to do. it's sad they're tearing that down though. it's not in the way of anything or causing any harm. that's just heartless when someone is clearly trying to make the best of their situation. 😞
If they put that much effort into a real job they wouldn’t be homeless
"I was hungry and you fed me not... thirsty and you gave me no drink... homeless and ye took me not in... in prison and you did not visit me... sick and you did not comfort me."
"In that day many will say to me, master when did we see you hungry and not feed you or thirsty and not give you drink?
"Truly I tell you, in as much as you did it not to the least of these my brethren ye did it not to me.
Depart into eternal punishment... there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.".
- Jesus Christ
Amen
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The only logical reason for removing those people living under the bridge is the chance of the river rising and drowning the people. If there is no chance of the river rising then leave them alone. What harm could they possibly be doing? .
they are literally taking money out of the hands of democrats by living apart from their system. And they are proving that democrats/government is not working. Democrats need people to need them.
When I've had to go to shelters, they were dangerous, and sexual assault was common... it was not worth it. I'm sorry for those still out there
No, news reporter dude, that window wasn’t “the illusion” of a home, that loft WAS a home. Get it?
Imagine the news people walking down under the bridge asking people to interview lol
AllPogo that's funny 😁😁😁😂
Just leave them alone 😔😢 they not hurting no one and like he said they have no where to go. What if you was like that would you want someone too kick you out of what you call home for no reason. 😔😔
I pray these people are safe.
Wish I could kick out squatters off my property with a 72 hour notice.
"Out of the weather and out of the way" 😪 🙏🏿