Yeah, hard times can happen to us all. But these people are not homeless because they're helpless. People I know, including myself. who find ourselves in financial hardship so bad that we are losing our homes FIGHT HARD to get ourselves back on our feet. These people do not. They are content to slosh along in an alcohol-induced daze. But check them out in the summer time, they're having a great time.  Party all summer. Instead of working to get themselves straightened up.