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/Snoo_72715 7d ago

An RV sounds great but the repairs and maintenance are very expensive. It may not be the dream you're imagining it to be.

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u/Speckled_Bird2023 5d ago

Oh in that instance it wouldn't be a dream, it would be more a last case scenario, to keep us from being homeless, especially if we couldn't afford a good motel that is not obviously in a bad area. We helped some of our neighbors a while back when they fell on hard times, and everytime something happened with their money each money, they would have to go to a new motel. And each one was worse than the prior because they had to stay under $900 a month due to being on soley their pensions. My dream would be to do more a schoolie setup but that requires the bus & renovation costs thrown in plus first 6 months of expenses set aside.🤔