> That's my bike route. I drive 50 miles from Hollister to South San Jose and > then > cycle 8 miles up Guadalupe River through downtown by those homeless camps > underneath > the bridges and then up past the airport and into sprawling office parks in > North San > Jose packed with Mercedes and BMW's. > > The juxtaposition is staggering.
Please don't take this as any sort of derision against the homeless.... I'm guessing our situation here in Eugene is 'better' for these folks than in almost all other places... A couple years I ago I volunteered for the overnight shift at a warming center (when it drops below 38 or so they open various churches and buildings basements etc) to the homeless... get there early and you have a warm place to sleep... drift in later on, you have a warm place to sit. This one guy comes in 3 hours after the shelter was up and running (no room at the inn), and went off on the staff demanding this, demanding that, basically wanting to be outfitted with everything needed to live on the streets... this other dude, a young guy that said he was homeless by choice, starts telling him where he can get a free place to sleep, a free hot shower, a free meal, free clothes, free laudnry services, free haircut..... guy blows it off saying he doesn't have time for all that sh!t.... I was really shocked that all these services were available, for free, but not good enough for this guy... -- Matt Jarvis Eugene, Oregon USA _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAPT54raeLt6JXBhLaU0HGFuMY4xF1fzCiVi0gPA0=nm6__g...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
