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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 704851" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I read a fascinating book about people who lived under the railroad tracks in New York City. Many had used the electricity down there to build lighted apartments with discarded TVs, microwaves and radios. They had furniture. Obviously they have skills that could serve them well in the real world.</p><p></p><p>But they chose to live in a dangerous non conventional way where they had to search for food, kill rats for dinner and where many died. The residents were mentally ill and drug addicts with mostly no desire to join a world they felt they didn't fit into and where they'd have to pay for food and board. Hard for most of us to wrap out minds around but they are not us and don't think like us.</p><p></p><p>Long ago these "mole people" (the name of the book) were chased out. I wonder how they live now.</p><p></p><p>People do not all believe a warm house, a bed, a job and having to follow rules fit them. Most of us don't get it, but I do. It's a no rules life. They are, in there own way, living rough but completely free.</p><p></p><p>Being homeless is no picnic. But for some following society's rules is even harder and undesirable.</p><p></p><p>Homeless people can find shelters but many just don't want to follow shelter rules regarding curfew and drug use or perhaps mandatory religious services.</p><p></p><p>And we are who we are. And they are what they are.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 704851, member: 1550"] I read a fascinating book about people who lived under the railroad tracks in New York City. Many had used the electricity down there to build lighted apartments with discarded TVs, microwaves and radios. They had furniture. Obviously they have skills that could serve them well in the real world. But they chose to live in a dangerous non conventional way where they had to search for food, kill rats for dinner and where many died. The residents were mentally ill and drug addicts with mostly no desire to join a world they felt they didn't fit into and where they'd have to pay for food and board. Hard for most of us to wrap out minds around but they are not us and don't think like us. Long ago these "mole people" (the name of the book) were chased out. I wonder how they live now. People do not all believe a warm house, a bed, a job and having to follow rules fit them. Most of us don't get it, but I do. It's a no rules life. They are, in there own way, living rough but completely free. Being homeless is no picnic. But for some following society's rules is even harder and undesirable. Homeless people can find shelters but many just don't want to follow shelter rules regarding curfew and drug use or perhaps mandatory religious services. And we are who we are. And they are what they are. [/QUOTE]
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