...onlywatch out for eating too much raw potatoes, if you eat too many you'll simply die. Boil them first, the potatoe is actually poisonous... I'd
go for coffee in the morning, it wears off hunger. Then I would go for either noodles or macaroni with some cheap tomato sause. And look for loading
ramps behind grocerystores, you can find free bread. Crow tastes quite good and they're vegetarian even in the city - safe food, get that slingshot
ready... Dont hunt for piggeons or rats, seagulls and such, they're no good. Full of rotten kebab and dead neighbours in the foodchain. Always keep a
bottle of antisceptic cleaning water or 96% near incase you cut yourself, get cut or shot or similar. Wash your hands and face to look decent and
being clean, it's not so important with the body, you are healthier living in the sewer or another dirty place if you have your protective layer your
own body produce around you. You're not out to check up girls. Have many ayers of cloathes on. A fishnet singlet, a couple of t-shirts, a shirt, a
hooded swater and another over there, and a jacket. Make sure to hide money more than one place on your body. Have a Leatherman, Gerber or Swiss Army
Knife. You can get anything from food to bikes and cars with such a tool. And if you have to steal a car make sure to break both locks inside the
stearing collumn. If you only break it one way you can end up in an eternity turn either way. And so much more. I enjoy reading this thread thereis
much steet wisdom here. I once ate half eaten kebabs out of trashcans collecting bottles to get a bread and a bottle of jam in the morning. And one
other trhing, the only thing you get for free on the streets is a puff of weed. Don't be shy, you'll probably meet a friend who can help you get
along with more people.
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When i want extra money i hold up a sign along the highway.
"homeless disabled veteran need money for gas to go to '-----' to live with relatives"
Works good just don't try this if you are not a veteran.
many town cops do check and you could get arrested.
Always have a VA health care card on you and papers that show you are disabled.
This would also work for someone on SSI or SSD.
Just leave off the word 'veteran' from the sign.
I would collect between $50 to $200 a day.
And this was on top of my VA disability check of $850 a month.
I made more money per hour then when i could work.
I would drive my small motor-home from town to town along the interstate never staying in a town more then two days while touring the US. (this keeps
the cops from getting curious)
Also i would park my motor-home a couple blocks away and when i had more then a few bucks i would keep it in the motor-home.
I have had the cops check to see how much money i had and run me out of town if i had enough to drive to the next town.
Because i lived in the motor home and could park on back roads or walmart parking lots i did not have to pay rent or parking at a trailer park.
This gave me a lot of money for driving around just doing this two to three days a week.
I have a long beard.
And i think some people give me money just to get me out of there town.
The worst place i ever tried this was Baker Calif. hot and no one going to gamble in Nevada wanted to part with any money and the ones coming back
were broke.
The best part its tax free.
I even found i could get free Internet by parking in Circuit City or other computer store parking lots at night.
I have even had cops pull in along side me and connect up to the Internet.
By the way you can make money at night.
Find out when the local trash haulers pick up in different parts of town.
Most people put out the trash the night before.
If you start at midnight and check the trash cans they put out for aluminum cans and bottles you can find enough for at lest food and in may towns
make a good living. just move around town ahead of them be quite
and do not ever leave a mess.
Also with my small motor home i have been offered many watchman, caretaker jobs for mines, homes, and construction sites. The few i have taken i did
just for a place to park, power hookup and food because if i got paid it was taken out of my VA pension. Some of them even payed me a little under the
table when i save there property from being taken.
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Greetings from the wrong side of the tracks.I'm not currently homeless,but my entire crew is.I would trust them with anything I have,including my
life.I have never met a better group of people in my life.We all look out for each other,if one of us needs something,then the rest of us dig deep to
get it for that person.Even if it means we do without for that day.Isn't that the way it should be?It could be anyone of us,but I wouldn't trade my
friends for anything,at least theyr'e genuine...and wont turn their backs like most people.But,cool site,just common sense,I've spent so much time
at "The camp" that I guess I think along the same lines.I guess thats good,could be me next....but at least I know what to expect.Say a prayer for
M.J.,end stage cancer,she could use it,God bless.
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I have a question for you all.
I'm not homeless, but where is the best possible place to BE homeless?
I was inspired by an article I just read about homeless people in japan and couldn't help but wonder where people migrate to.
I'm not just talking about weather, which would be a big factor, but also other factors, like, rules and laws about homelessness, and how cities, or
counties, towns, view it.
I know Vancouver WA, When I lived there about 5 years back, had a lot of homeless people in it. I always wondered why, then came to realize that the
city, pretty much an annex of Portland Oregon, is Homeless-friendly. I mean that term with respect, not sure how else to say it.
Churches offer blatant help, not an "under the table" sort of thing, with adverts for free bread/clothing in windows. Two days out of the week I
could see one Church near my house with lines outside.
The Food Stamp program was considered to be even better than Portlands at the time (not sure about now) offering more money per person, and easy to
get. Also the bus system was easy to use, and a buss pass in Portland worked in Vancouver, even though it was technically in another state.
I saw cops on two occasions, maybe more but two that I can remember this early in the AM without coffee, where cops woke a sleeping homeless guy and
were pretty polite to him, and another where cops told a guy that he couldnt sleep where he was because it was private property, but pointed out a
close by area where he could crash for a while.
Also a cargo train runs through it, so we get alot of guys that travel that way.
Anyway, interested in hearing if anyone has thoughts about this.
Be well, and Be warm.
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Very good thread, i my self has been homeless for 8 years and if you count the on offs in its more likely to add up to 12. One thing i miss in this
"Homeless Survival Guide" is the actually means and need for network, you will need to rely deeply on your social network, that has saved me for a
lot of troubled times in my past.
Also try to get scraped enough money together to buy equipment for cleaning windows in your local neighborhood and especially the foreign shops driven
by muslim or christians are good to ask for cleaning jobs since they have a sense of humanity also against homeless people.
I am so lucky that i found an apartment i can afford and which has great room for making into some kind of business.
Best regards
Loke.
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