• Kalkaline
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    41 year ago

    I’d find a social worker to lean on for help and a shelter for temporary housing. It’s a long road, but that’s where I would start my journey. You’d have to baby step it and hope a couple things come together simultaneously.

  • @[email protected]
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    221 year ago

    It’s sad how easy it is to tell who’s from the US and EU here.

    Basically “you’re fucked, be a criminal or die” versus, “go to the Social Services and tell them you’re homeless”

  • TheLastOfHisName
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    81 year ago

    I’m 57 years old with bad knees. I won’t make it. First thing I do is go somewhere quiet and kill myself.

  • @[email protected]
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    291 year ago

    I would go the Social Services office and explain my situation. Provided I could prove my identity I would walk out with a couple hundred dollars cash, an address for decent temporary accommodations, and an appointment with a case worker to find a more permanent solution for me.

    That’s the security of the Nordic welfare state.

    • @[email protected]
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      So many plots for series only make sense in the US. Your answer in comparison to many others here show why.

      It’s mostly just sad. I don’t mean it in a condescending way. Reading that people would likely just kill themselves, turn to prostitution, do crime, etc.

  • amio
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    111 year ago

    Bluntly, I find my current life more than difficult enough with 4/5 of that (I discount the CC and car as not strictly necessary), so I’d start planning my suicide. That’s obviously not meant as advice, it’s what I would do.

  • @[email protected]
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    391 year ago

    If you live in a blue state, then you get in touch with the housing first types who will get you into a small home and off the street. Then you rebuild your life.

    If you live in a red state, you hitchhike to a blue state and do the first step.

  • @[email protected]
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    181 year ago

    Very important post. We need solutions, not judgements or moralistic catchphrases that are impossible (bootstraps)

  • PonyOfWar
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    First up, go to one of the available help centers and register for welfare. This will give me a monthly income that’s enough to cover most of my daily needs. Housing will be more complicated. The state would cover my rent but I’d first need to find a suitable flat in the first place. If I’m lucky, there is social housing available. If not, I’d have to sleep on the street or in shelters for a while. No idea how I’d handle that. Once I have a roof over my head, I can start looking for a job.