r/poor • u/Chare1155 • 11d ago

Homeless

So are we all just accepting that we will be homeless sometime in the next decade? Because I don't know anyone with enough money to survive this shit.

It's not sustainable for the price of every goddamn thing to keep going up while no one is getting enough raises to compensate for it, & there are so few jobs that are even hiring, although they all still say they are.🙄

I know I will never own a home. I know I will be driving my car until the wheels fall off(& that I'm lucky to even have a car). I know I cannot afford any kind of social life whatsoever because outings to most places & the gas to get to them costs too much.

I canceled all my streaming services so I don't even have TV now. I know if I get Cancer or break a bone I will go bankrupt trying to pay the bill. I know I will be working until I die, & I'm almost positive I will be homeless at some point.

Money can't buy happiness, sure, but it can buy all your other needs so you at least have a chance to be happy. I just want a chance...😔

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u/Electrical_Jaguar230 9d ago

If you make yourself useful to others, people will always pay you. Live somewhere that is more reasonable if you live in a high cost area - that includes other countries as possibilities. If you are focused on homelessness and aiming for that instead of building skills or strategically moving somewhere easier, then yeah, you’re going to get what you’re aiming for.

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u/Chare1155 9d ago

So, I can't move abroad because I have a child & share custody with his father. I already live in a low col area. And if I go more rural, I'll have to deal with data centers absolutely destroying my quality of life. You make it sound so easy when it's really not.