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   posted: Jun. 7, 2009 @ 5:51p

NevBlog is in the middle of an interesting finance experiment... he's finding out what it is like to be homeless first-hand. He's been sleeping on the streets of Austin for the past few days.

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   posted: Jun. 7, 2009 @ 5:52p

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   posted: Jun. 7, 2009 @ 10:22p

The mean streets of Austin. How will he ever survive?!


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   posted: Jun. 7, 2009 @ 10:26p

homeless ppl do not have iphones


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   posted: Jun. 8, 2009 @ 12:26a

Asked and answered.

http://freesleeping.blogspot.com


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   posted: Jun. 8, 2009 @ 10:28a

While these sort of experiments are interesting (like the woman who worked a bunch of working class jobs and wrote a book about it) it is simply impossible to capture the feeling of being stuck in the underclass.


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   posted: Jun. 8, 2009 @ 11:31a

BlueEyesAustinTexas said:While these sort of experiments are interesting (like the woman who worked a bunch of working class jobs and wrote a book about it) it is simply impossible to capture the feeling of being stuck in the underclass.

It also does not replicate the mental illness that many chronically homeless people suffer from.


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   posted: Jun. 8, 2009 @ 12:28p

treasurebeacon said:homeless ppl do not have iphones

This reminds of a news picture that a guy was taking a picture of Michelle Obama using his iphone while she was serving food in a soup kitchen for homeless people... These homeless people do have the most expensive tech gadget though... I will try to find that picture when I have time.

I am not homeless, but I don't have iphone yet. It is the "need" and "want" that I am trying to balance out for my life.


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   posted: Jun. 8, 2009 @ 12:33p

curvesahead said:BlueEyesAustinTexas said:While these sort of experiments are interesting (like the woman who worked a bunch of working class jobs and wrote a book about it) it is simply impossible to capture the feeling of being stuck in the underclass.

It also does not replicate the mental illness that many chronically homeless people suffer from.

Or the drug and alcohol addiction.


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   posted: Jun. 8, 2009 @ 12:38p

To follow up my post, I just found this nice photo that I was referring to earlier.

A gentle man (homeless???) was taking a picture of Michelle Obama when waiting to be served at a soup kitchen using his iphone.

"The homeless here are called "guests'' - "because it's all about dignity,'' Gibson says. On average, the guests have been homeless for nearly five years"

I just don't know what dignity they are talking about! I call it entitlement.


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   posted: Jun. 8, 2009 @ 12:39p

sorry, forgot the link..

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2009/03/05/Miche...


http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2009/03/michelle...


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   posted: Jun. 8, 2009 @ 12:42p

mimi6789 said:sorry, forgot the link..

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2009/03/05/Miche...


http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2009/03/michelle...

Too bad that isn't an iphone. It looks like it might be a blackberry, which still isn't cheap, though.


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   posted: Jun. 8, 2009 @ 12:56p

yourlefthand said:
]Too bad that isn't an iphone. It looks like it might be a blackberry, which still isn't cheap, though.

Maybe it is a cheap camera phone??? I don't know. You can tell I don't have any of those though.... I am just wondering how much it costs to pay for the phone plan and to send out these lovely photos that he can brag for years to come among his friends...


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   posted: Jun. 8, 2009 @ 1:04p

mimi6789 said:yourlefthand said:
]Too bad that isn't an iphone. It looks like it might be a blackberry, which still isn't cheap, though.

Maybe it is a cheap camera phone??? I don't know. You can tell I don't have any of those though.... I am just wondering how much it costs to pay for the phone plan and to send out these lovely photos that he can brag for years to come among his friends...

It certainly costs more than simply assuming that he is homeless. Imagination is your greatest entertainer


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   posted: Jun. 8, 2009 @ 1:19p

RushnRockt said:It certainly costs more than simply assuming that he is homeless. Imagination is your greatest entertainer Exactly -- how do you know it isn't a fellow volunteer? I used to work in a downtown area with many homeless people, and most of them didn't even have lighters to light a cigarette they bummed off someone. The stories of homeless people having nice cars, gadgets, etc. are overblown, at least with the homeless people I have encountered.

BTW, you really don't have to be wealthy to have a camera phone these days. Hell, you can have a Tracfone with one. It isn't as much of a luxury as you pretend it to be.


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   posted: Jun. 8, 2009 @ 1:31p

treasurebeacon said:homeless ppl do not have iphones

When I was living in Boulder, CO I twice saw supposed homeless panhandlers talking on cellphones nicer than mine, but then that was Boulder(damn I miss it)


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   posted: Jun. 8, 2009 @ 1:34p

This experiment is nothing more than a week of urban camping.


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   posted: Jun. 8, 2009 @ 1:36p

JorgeBurrito said:treasurebeacon said:homeless ppl do not have iphones

When I was living in Boulder, CO I twice saw supposed homeless panhandlers talking on cellphones nicer than mine, but then that was Boulder(damn I miss it)Heh, yeah, there's actually a guy in Kansas City who is a professional panhandler, and is not homeless at all. I once saw him get out of a fairly nice car parked many blocks from this nice shopping area where he panhandled. It was just a day at the office for him. It's widely known that he isn't actually homeless, but apparently he still does well enough to keep it going.


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   posted: Jun. 8, 2009 @ 1:43p

geebeebee said:BTW, you really don't have to be wealthy to have a camera phone these days.


Gosh, I must belong to the old generation. I put food on the table first, before I even consider buying a camera phone for myself or my kids.


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   posted: Jun. 8, 2009 @ 1:43p

The blogger should go to New York.


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