Lessons Learned from Writing the San Diego Homeless Survival Guide
From my own experiences, the author is slightly overstating the danger of being homeless:<p>The police -- for the most part -- don't care. As long as you're not causing trouble (e.g trespassing <i>and</i> getting complaints against you), they just want you to go away and not cause them any problems either. Maybe it was because I was white, well-spoken, and generally pleasent, but I've never had issues with the police during that period in my life.<p>I was going to write more on how the biggest danger you face homeless is other homeless (and tweakers!) and <i>very</i> poor sleep, but I don't have the time.<p>The poor sleep sneaks up on you and slowly erodes your decision-making and risk-assessment skills and consistantly compromised my ability to make good decisions, i.e get myself out of that mess. I believe the author experienced the same, because his belief in the impending danger he felt does not match the reality of my experiences, but does match a mindset I would fall into while sleep-deprived.