Lessons Learned from Writing the San Diego Homeless Survival Guide
From my own experiences, the author is slightly overstating the danger of being homeless:The police -- for the most part -- don't care. As long as you're not causing trouble (e.g trespassing and 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.I was going to write more on how the biggest danger you face homeless is other homeless (and tweakers!) and very poor sleep, but I don't have the time.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.