(November 26, 2013 at 2:17 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: I honestly don't understand why homeless people don't go to a shelter.One of my best friends from high school is a homeless junkie now, and every few years he goes to rehab and reconnects with me when he's sober (now is not one of those times). He lives in a doorway and doesn't go to shelters, and here are his reasons:
1.) You can't smoke crack in a shelter or they kick you out.
2.) The shelters are dangerous. Going to sleep there can get you robbed or abused.
That's what he said when I asked him about his choice of doorway over shelter.
