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2naSalit

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3. And just imagine...

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Thu Nov 30, 2023, 10:09 PM

Nov 2023

What it would be like if you didn't have a savings to burn through.

A lot of the homeless that I see are over 50. Many got priced out of their housing with no other housing available and then affordable too, anywhere in the area. That's what's happening here and not getting better. I am thankful for the cardboard box I live in because it beats the hell out of living in my car again.

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