Another great YouTube channel is by a woman named Carol who is a 62 year old retired nurse with a very small pension who couldn't afford to live in her apartment and now lives in a van. She seems to have had not a great relationship with her daughter for whatever reason so she's on her own. She lives out of a 1990 Dodge Ram and her intro video feels heartbreaking to watch. At the same time, she's just one of hundreds in this situation ...
There are a few YouTubers I follow who live in their cars full time and are also DoorDashers or Instacart shoppers.
This is something I already knew and it's one of the reasons I tip insanely well if I use those services. Many people working these jobs do so because they HAVE to, not because they WANT to, and tips can be huge for them as far as getting gas, doing upkeep on their cars, or just having enough food.
Help when you can. You never know what people are going through.
This country is destroying not only other countries but its own people ... this should not be the story of everyone and certainly not at ages when you should be able to finally enjoy life after working hard for most of it ... when you need quality healthcare ... when you need support. And yet ... this is becoming the norm. This is homelessness ... maybe not the kind you are used to hearing about and seeing ... but the new STANDARD version of homelessness.
@thewebrecluse Given that a vehicle falls apart more quickly than a house, and that you have to be physically okay in order to drive and live in one, there's some of us who don't even have "live in a vehicle" as a real option.
People act like people choose to be homeless or deserve it due to personal failing. Being chewed up, unable to thrive, then priced out and discarded is not a personal failing, it is abuse perpetrated on us.