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Originally Posted by pattycakes
what bothers me is you act like those homeless people have no where to go. well they do, there are shelters and such. most homeless ppl have a mental problem, and just dont take meds. but then again this "homeless guy" used to stand outside a riteaide in philly and i swear he made more a day than the store did... foor for thought
...and i bet you he had a nice ass house
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20% of homeless people have schizophrenia (this stat is from a psych class I took where we looked at studies about schizophrenia). A lot of the rest I imagine are drug atticts or alcoholics who had trouble getting help for their disease. Although shelters offer a place to sleep and eat, they may not offer psychological counceling for addicts, or the addicts refuse to get help.
Also mentioned in class, most homeless people aren't necesarily living on the street ALL the time. A lot go in and out of housing situations, living with friends, living at shelters, etc.. They don't just live on the street 100% of the time.