If I was Homeless, are there any tips on Where/How to sleep comfortably and warm?
I'm not homeless now but i may be because i dont have a job or career and i'm disabled and so i can't find jobs and i'm applying left and right to disability etc but i'm not accepted.
Recently it was really cold here in CA and i dont knwo how i would sleep in the streets.
Are there any tips to sleep in a safe and comfortable place?
i'm male in my 30s
13 Answers to "If I was Homeless, are there any tips on Where/How to sleep comfortably and warm?"
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Go to a lawyer he can help you get your Social Security benefits and then he will take the payment out of what you get
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Just walk into any welfare office and ask for a list of assistance places. Every medium sized or big city has all kinds of shelters and programs, and a lot more.
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And if you have computer access, you can google all kinds of help. Just google city homeless assistance.
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Drink a lot. Or travel with the weather.
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Check with dept of employment rehabilitation. If you think your headed for homlessness get as good a car as you can preferably a small pickup as they can haul things. Head for as remote an aria as possable considering fuel etc and hide the truck, all you need is a few simple tools to build a kind of bunker, you can dig down and roof it over with scrap steel pipes and then scraps of 2x4 or even tree limbs, that finished, you can throw old car hoods, pieces of sheet steel, old plywood anything you find over the grid of boards you have made. If you can find old trash bags, tarps etc, put them over the other materials and shovel as much dirt over it as you can for insulation, get clay though if you hav to haul it in, it will seal out the rain. Diguise it with some trash or branches etc and the place will usually be safe to stay at. I recommend building another afterwords in another location as far from the first as you can get just in case. Watch the show moonshiners, that's how you do it.
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well you can always go to a shelter somewhere - and there are places that have blankets, you can always gather up as much fire wood as you can and a lighter and build yourself a fire - gather up wood and make a little shelter doesnt have to be big and stay in it - there are things you can do if you use your brains thats why God gave you a brain - he wants you to use it
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cardboard and paper make surprisingly good insulation - hence the stereotype of the cardbord box.
don't be afraid to use fire - as long as you are safe no reasonable person should stop you - this is how our ancestors kept warm after all.
having as many clothes and supplies as possible is a no-brainer i guess... but you can create a makeshift sleeping arrangement from clothes.
cleaning clothes though... you will have to abuse public toilets perhaps...
what is your disability? can you really not work? i find most people claiming this are either lazy or just not aware of the options - even with disabilities... if you are so disabled as to actually not be able to work then you are already as good as dead, which i can't believe if you think you can survive sleeping on the streets - there are plenty of jobs requiring even a smaller skill set and abilities than is required to do that after all...Like (1)
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Stay away from the wind. Loose clothing in la
yers work better than tight fitting clothing. Tight fitting clothes cut off circulation. News paper is good insulation. Bridges provide good overhead shelter from rain. An army surplus sleeping bag works well, when in a sleeping bag remove clothing you will sleep warmer and more comfortable. If you do this keep your clothes and shoes in the bag with you. Like (1)
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I was going to recommend southern California, but I see you already live there.
I was homeless for awhile near San Diego. It was okay, I hung out on the beach, but the police were mean.Like (1)
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Well I live in NYC, and I can tell you that blankets, socks, etc can go a long way... It would be best if you were really good at an instrument so you could play for money. There are also shelters. But I've always thought the wisest move is the take a bus to a small, cheap town, take a shower at the Y, then get a low wage job at a fast food joint or gas station or something, then find a really really cheap apartment. I heard that garbage trucks pay surprisingly well.
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Don't really know the answer to your question, but Goodwill has an excellent program for helping those who are disabled find work. Might want to check them out.
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Don't lay directly on the cement. Put cardboard down first. It'll keep you warmer at night.
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Shelters or check county for re-emerging programs that help in housing.
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Posted by TwattyMcCocknoodles 1 Jan 18th, 2013 at 6:25PM
you have to cut open a tauntaun
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