I’m chilling in the parking lot of the gym right now and it’s very apparent that there is a couple next to me living in their car. At first I thought they were just getting it on - she brushed her teeth and they both leaned their seats back. But I, being the confused creeper I am, looked through my car window again only to realize they’re sleeping. Then it hit me.
They’re living in their fucking car in a gym parking lot.
I don’t know why I’m hit so hard by this, I’m sure you all see it often, but fuck. It makes me sad.
Radicalization points +100
No one chooses to be homeless. You don’t sleep in your car outside a gym by choice. Having a cheap gym membership is a common survival tactic for people in that position. Gives them access to showers and bathrooms. These are not the “retire to a camp ground with my RV” types.
The reality is, our society chooses to allow that level of poverty to be maintained.