Not houselessness itself. Not it's conditions and causes and rates and all that. No demographics either.

There's a side to houselessness that people do not see. Most interactions between housed and dirty besides police is charitable shit; He told me God loves me and gave me a $20. It doesn't often go beyond that, except maybe the occasional conversation between a homeless person and the person behind the counter at 7-11.

My best friend is a chronically houseless person. He has a sick fucking camp and doesn't give a fuck about being homeless.

I'm either friends with or acquaintances with like several dozen unhoused people who regularly come into the store I work graveyard at, on east side Portland, Oregon. We They are a vibrant culture of their own, living in the shadows of a day that doesn't belong to us them. I have friends with cool personalities and backgrounds. I want to use this as an opportunity to teach you guys about unhoused people, the culture they have; what they do, and all that shit.

So yeah, ask away.

  • c6cain6jih6d [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    But to answer your question it depends. Hobo culture is a subset of unhoused culture as a whole, like how English is a subset of Germanic . Let's take a crack at it.

    Assuming hobo is a more age-inclusive form of dirty kid...

    • Dirty kids/hobos don't give a fuck. Most unhoused people are territorial to a degree. They'll share but follow the principles of good fences make good neighbors. Dirty kids, again, don't care so much.
    • Meth is the stuff that keeps the shopping carts running on time. Dirty kids/hobos smoke weed, do psychedelics, drink, and do heroin.

    All I can think of atm.