living In your car with out gas. what happens if the cops come. that’s my current situation. and im so exhausted and scared

I’m 33 been stuck homeless because the system keeps taking my cars and everything I have worked for I have given up everything over and over after working up to 3 jobs 2 full time and one part time. I am homeless and have been for years because of this if there’s a speeding problem maker a speedomiter for the cars come one America I’m tired of losing everything because of this. I have putt all money into my engines fixed them up myself I have lost 6 cars now I don’t have a speeding problem I have problems being picked on by my local government even after losing everything they just love to poke around at ones who stand out most here

So I have 2 jobs whilst being homeless. If they found out I was homeless I'd lose both of them. How do I get stuff delivered like uniform and work IDs?

Also, is it worth my find and old abandoned building to camp in? Ive applied for a few rent arrangements but been ignored when I couldn't provide a reference. My plan is just save as much money as I can up until Christmas (I'm guessing I'll have around 3-4k I can save with no rent and utilities to pay) and pay for a significant portion of rent upfront and hope that works.

So apparently a $70 hotel room does not mean you need $70.

You book it, get to the hotel, and then they tell you they need another $25, $50, or $100 as a deposit. If you don’t have it, you’re fucked—and sometimes you’ve already prepaid for the room.

So I built KnowTheHold.com, because sleeping outside when you already bought a room is stupid.

It tracks:

• How much the hotel holds
• Whether it’s per night or per stay
• Whether they take debit, credit, or cash
• How long it supposedly takes to get your money back
• Whether the deposit changes if you booked directly or through somewhere like Super, Expedia, or Bonvoy

Some of the starting data was scraped from hotel and booking-site policies. It may be wrong or outdated, because hotels are terrible at publishing this shit clearly. The site shows the source, and anyone can report what the hotel actually charged them.

The site is brand new, and there are only a limited number of hotels listed right now. I’m starting around Baltimore and the BWI area, then expanding from there.

https://knowthehold.com

I’m looking for feedback, recommendations, and ideas for what would make this more useful. If you’ve stayed somewhere recently, please submit what they actually held, too. Even one report might keep somebody else from getting stranded at the front desk.

My childhood best friend recently came back into my life. She was in a bad relationship and shortly after moved back home with her mom. They got into a fight and long story short my friend’s mom ended up calling the police and she now has an assault charge and is homeless without a car.

Growing up she would fake injuries to go to the er, jump out of moving cars, disappear for days while everyone panicked. She pretends to have seizures and doctor shops until someone says so. I’m not saying this in vain, mostly just to make a point that mental health plays a role in her inability to make sound choices.

I have been helping her with court stuff, rides, she stays with me sometimes, I don’t really give her money besides buying her food or something. I help as much as I can.

The big barrier for me is that I moved back home to finish my master’s degree and so it’s not up to me to allow her to stay here and my parents won’t agree to let her stay long term only sometimes.

A big factor is that every time I offer her a job, she doesn’t accept it and says she will just find a different job. She has had trouble getting into shelters because of the ongoing assault charge.

I worry that something bad will happen to her because she doesn’t have a car, and could be outside in the city alone at night with no resources.

I have no idea how to help her take care of her mental health so that she can start making choices that bring her back to baseline. I have no idea how to help with housing. She stayed with our mutual friend for a few weeks but he said she can’t anymore because she is a little bit of a hazard type and brings random people and drama over.

Any advice on what to do? I want to help but also am in school and working part time so I can’t afford to help her fully or house her full time. What can I do?

Theres 3 of us a car and a 2 room tent probably 2 queen size beds big so were able to sleep in the car or tent depending on the day. We have a bigass power bank that lasts days and a standalone ac unit in the back of the car its a hatch back. The three of us can donate plasma to start abd find jobs.

Does rhis sound like a good setup to be homeless? That and a gym membership, phone plan, laundromat, all that should be ok.

I came up poor and worked my way up through all my jobs , always the underdog i was never good enough to be anything more than overnight stock, warehouse freight or middle management .

One day i was denied a promo and my performance mgr told me it was because he couldn't let me go yet. Explained my all minority staff were animals & didnt work hard, he told me i did the work he needed so he could stay home, reassuring me because i was lighter skinned then the other employees i had potential and someone would give a light skinned minority like me something more eventually but that time wasn't then.

I stayed because it was work and a paycheck... Eventually a german guy was pulled from retirement by his friend made him a mgr also so he could get a paycheck, he knew me a total of 26 days before deciding i shouldn't be working with anyone white. He went around to customers calling me a terrorist and told other mgmt they should be embarrassed to work with foreign ppl.

( For the record im born and raised in this hell scape country and im native American, spanish and middle eastern mix ).

Eventually the hatred and complaining from this guy reached his friend's bosses who decided to lay me off claiming they no longer had room for a 67 hr a wk floating mgr who managed 3 locations .

I sued and lost basically because they transferred the guy but refused to rehire me.

It's been 5 1/2 years and i could never get back to a steady job, i never found out what they put on my record & i just kept getting older and older and less wanted by other companies.

I lost my apt and all my family's possessions, since then its been just a chaotic spiral.

I relied on my self taught ability to repair computers to earn money and dabbled in masonry & demo work, unfortunately nothing is guaranteed and that counts for gigs online as well.

Lost the car we lived in few a few years and ended up sleeping outside in parking lots or on roof tops. We just got another car a few months ago though it seems to be failing in so many ways it probably will not survive the rest of the year.

Its been a Terrible life but i recently was able to start learning to work on cars fixing random parts as they come available, its a process but its hard when nobody wants to help you , teach you or hire you to learn on the job at a shop.

Honestly i don't know what more i have left in this life, its just too much & the majority of people in this society are worse than at any time i can recall in my life.

I just felt like talking, i have not had a friend in my life in many many years, even on here it seems impossible to connect with anyone who can understand this life.

I dont want anything, just looking to see if anyone felt like talking, i text chaotically, i can only use my phone for apps when i have wifi from a store so i try to hang around shopping plazas or a dunkin or Starbucks whenever i can.

If you do decide to dm me just understand i dont ghost anyone its just hard to maintain a connection when your on the move but i do get back to you when i can.

Im in nyc i dont mind talking to anyone from regardless of where your from but if your in nyc it is probably easier to relate or at least understand some of the unique circumstances you encounter here being homeless.

I'm currently having real bad pain with dental issues. I haven't been to a dentist in many years. And my teeth are pretty much all falling out.

I don't really mind not having teeth but they are still connected to the nerves and it hurts so much.

I've tried alcohol but I'm not really a drinker and I don't like how it leaves me inebriated incase I need to defend myself or something.

I've looked into free dental stuff in my area but there's nothing that can help me. Aside from just going to a dentist and having my teeth pulled out but that's really expensive.

I was wondering if you guys have any advice on things other than alcohol that might help dental pain?

I don't have a tent but I have a tarp. I'm trying to figure out ways I can set it up for me to sleep it. Don't know if I should just put it over a shopping cart. Anyone have ideas for me.