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Neal, 68, originally from Brentwood, California, was sitting on the steps of his RV parked outside the Venice Whole Foods ...
I asked if he was an artist himself.
“Oh no,” he said, “I do fiber-optic multiplexes.”
Neal is mostly retired but said he can make up to $4,000 a week setting up fiber-optic networks, if he chooses to work. “My normal pay, I’m pretty much spoiled rotten,” Neal said.
Had he tried finding an apartment, I asked?
“I’ve checked into living in an apartment, even a room in a house in Venice; if you don’t have at least $6,000 up front you can forget it. First, last, and security deposit. Plus they’re gonna run a credit check on you. Even if you’re just renting the house they’ll still run it.”/
... the couple was from Arkansas. They had been in LA for less than a year but on and off the streets since they were teenagers.
Cora ... was thirty-two ... Taylor was twenty-nine ...
Cora did most of the talking. “In the Midwest, where I’m from, if you go in anywhere right then and there you can get help. Immediately. Obviously you need help because you walked in that door. But here they’re gonna make you wait,” she said.
She talked about days spent standing in lines, making appointments, biding time in plastic chairs, a routine of hurrying up and waiting. Even after all that waiting, she felt, “If you need something they don’t have it. They really don’t.”
What kind of stuff? I asked.
“Maybe a blanket,” she said. “Some clothes.” There were penalties for being reasonable, they felt. Crazy people who didn’t mind yelling and causing a scene got priority and access to resources like city bus passes while people like Cora and Taylor were at a disadvantage among the needy.
Later, Cora said, “I can’t really hold a job. I’ve been trying to apply for SSI. Being autistic and bipolar, I haven’t really been able to hold a job.”
“Last job I had was in 2011,” said Taylor.
“In Arkansas he worked for like a pizza place for probably a month or two,” Cora added. “He has no patience, bad temper.”
Crazy people who didn’t mind yelling and causing a scene got priority and access to resources like city bus passes while people like Cora and Taylor were at a disadvantage among the needy.
Later, Cora said, “I can’t really hold a job. I’ve been trying to apply for SSI. Being autistic and bipolar, I haven’t really been able to hold a job.”
“Last job I had was in 2011,” said Taylor.
Later, Cora said, “I can’t really hold a job. I’ve been trying to apply for SSI. Being autistic and bipolar, I haven’t really been able to hold a job.”
“Last job I had was in 2011,” said Taylor.
Gary Numan is autistic, as are a huge chunk of people in STEM. They make 6 figures and up.
The rich are required to pay a fairer share reverse the breakdown of family and community that has made homelessness so intractable.
HonkpilledMaster saysGary Numan is autistic, as are a huge chunk of people in STEM. They make 6 figures and up.
Nearly all chemical engineers I know are somewhat autistic. Seems that being autistic is a prerequisite for knowing math well.
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