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...forced to live in car
| Quote From Source: | A former loan processor, the 67-year-old mother of three grown children said she never thought she'd spend her golden years sleeping in her car in a parking lot.
"This is my bed, my dogs," she said. "This is my life in this car right now."
Harvey was forced into homelessness this year after being laid off. She said that three-quarters of her income went to paying rent in Santa Barbara, where the median house in the scenic oceanfront city costs more than $1 million. She lost her condo two months ago and had little savings as backup.
There are 12 parking lots across Santa Barbara that have been set up to accommodate the growing middle-class homelessness. These lots are believed to be part of the first program of its kind in the United States, according to organizers.
At the only lot for women in Santa Barbara, it's a tough existence. There are no showers or running water. On the night CNN visited, a half-dozen women were in the parking lot before nightfall.
Linn Labou, 54, lives in her car with four cats. She used to be in the National Guard and is on a waiting list for government housing, but the wait is a year long.
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DanG
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ah - the first signs of the New Great Depression, right on schedule. |
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Got to be more to that story. She's got three grown up kids, why doesn't she live with one of them?
Also, if you can't afford to have some savings based on your lifestyle, you need to change your lifestyle. If that means moving away from your nice life in Santa Barbara then so be it.
I know I'm missing the point of the story but this goes back to the whole problem in the first place - stupid people living beyond their means. Getting mortgages they can't afford, maxing out credit cards, driving cars they can't afford. |
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If there's ANY better place to be homeless than Santa Barbara, I haven't found it. |
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People not being able to afford to eat, after years of being able to do so. My hunch is things get ugly in this country soon. |
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DanG
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roger that
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MountainManMike
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living out of ur car is really not that bad. i did it for 2 years and it was the best 2 years of my life. |
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So where did you shower, and do laundry, and take care of personal hygiene? And where do you answer natures call?
They should take the warning labels off of everything and let stupidity sort itself out.
Please check out our new website at www.globalwarmingisnotreal.com |
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DanG
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he didn't, he didn't, he didn't ... and anywhere possible ??
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MountainManMike
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showered at a local workout place that i was allowed to use for free...laundry i did at friends houses...personal hygiene at the workout place, and bathroom wherever...gas stations, the woods. |
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So how did you get back on your feet?
They should take the warning labels off of everything and let stupidity sort itself out.
Please check out our new website at www.globalwarmingisnotreal.com |
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a friend bought a house and hooked me up with a good deal for rent so i went with that...plus the place i was parking my car at night got flooded so that wasnt really an option. |
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DanG
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glad ya pulled thru. |
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thanks. |
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