What an absolute disgrace to remove these people from the camp, they respected each other had a community.Looked after the camp environment and the nature around it.Were totally civilized only to end up on dirty streets and cold alley ways. Shame on the state and the authority's for allowing this to happen. There should be more camps like this. Any one of us could end up in this position. How are people suppose to get on in life if they cant even have the basic right to live!! Shame on the government too.
mark farley This "state" that Americans are in was planned. The gov't & its special interests deliberately set things up so Americans will be reduced to a "third world" status. They did not 'let' it happen, they planned it to happen. This is not a "theory." I have been, along with millions of others, been watching it go down for a couple decades now. We all are seeing it, but so many Americans don't want to know what it means nor the why of it, nor where it ends up. Apathy is rampant in America, & it is costing us all. those who want to bury their head in the sand, & think the next person "elected" will straighten all this out. BS magical thinking, wishful thinking. Lots of people say the gov't would not do this. That's because their heads are focused on the TV,& never on the world around them, even when it is their own fellow citizens who are sounding the alarm. Many people are under the delusion that our gov't will let them know all we need to know, & don't want to think that our gov't tells us only what They need for us to know. Therein lies a big difference between the two. People think our gov't will come around to help sooner or later. That is exactly the attitude the gov't cultivates. It of course, will do no such thing, except to herd us where it wants us, & it is doing exactly that right now. Homelessness is no accident or "sign of the times." It is part of a careful plan. The New World Order dictatorship is moving along nicely.
mark farley you (leave) them in the camps you create more social misery,people need this to move up with their lives,believe me the world need a little kick in the ass!rehab is the key,not making ghettos...
Ya, the world needs a giant kick in the butt to get going with tax financed government welfare. Welfare is the key here, not fantasies about everyone getting a rent paying job in the capitalist economic system, which is a system impossibility.
You know I’ve never seen something more wonderful for the homeless in my life. The freedom of the out doors. The get together in the large tent. They weren’t bothering anybody. I pray they found shelter 🙏❤️
It's so shameful for them to throw them out. All the government needed to do was monitor them. They created a beautiful self governing community. Now, they are scattered and alone. This country can find weapons for war but not for the homeless. It's shameful.
I want to hug and kiss every person who takes time and money out of their lives to help the homeless. It gives me hope that i will be ok one day. Love & Light
Yep. Agenda 21 is alive and strong. The government doesn't want a solution found. They couldn't allow these ppl to help themselves. That's the point of closing the community.
None of us are ever too far from being in the same situation. I never look down on anybody for anything. I just thank God every day for what I have today.
Absolutely right. Life rips the rug out from underneath you sometimes, without provocation or warning, and suddenly you are without your basic needs. People are so quick to judge but fail to realize that it can happen to anyone, regardless of race, sex, or financial stability. Mental illness and addiction (sometimes both happening simultaneously) run rampant in these communities. The world needs more people like you who operate with empathy and love. Thanks for your thoughts. It reassures me that there are other individuals like you and I out there. Cheers friend.
To the nasty man writing to get them evicted..if you or anyone who sighned that paper are reading this do you feel good?Did you.eat today and have a hot shower? Your heart or lack of makes me sick.
MsKerryanne....There always has to be some arrogant idiot to point out someone's typo! So you don't make typos or even spelling mistakes? Why do you feel the need to correct someone ...trying to embarrass them? Trying to put them down, so you can somehow feel a little better about yourself ? It doesn't work....So get down off your hi...ooops....I mean high horse....and leave people alone ....Be kind made a GREAT point.....Yours was useless
Hi. From some videos I've seen its also illegal to feed or give money or almost any assistance to the homless or any other human in desperate need these days. Now whats that s**t all about?. We are spozed to be helpfull with our brothers & sisters of the world. Not get in trouble for trying to help another human being. The governments of the world need destroying instaid of them hiding & living it up in their ivory Towers protected from the General public.
This isn't about people from other countries. It isn't like our government is taking money from homeless support programs and are giving it to assist people to relocate in the US. This is the result of capitalism and privatization of mental health care, substance abuse treatment, the habitual criminalization of poverty, and the "I got mine, go get your own" mentality of our citizens. Microloans, sponsorship, and financial support of local organizations is the best way to help...because I am sure after making such an ugly post you are more than ready to HELP, right?
There should be a free, self governing, no questions asked, public camp for anyone who wishes to stay there regardless of income or circumstances. A person's reasons for being there should be a private matter. The camp should have adequate toilets, showers, trash pick-up and a heated, safe, community structure where people can sleep when the weather is dangerously cold. It should be supported by donations and whatever the campers can provide for themselves. It should have accessible public transportation. It should be enlarged to the capacity needed. There should be such a camp in every part of the country where five or more people request one.
I ask one thing....your view is odd to me..in the fact that I have been there...and u do believe that life doesn't have to be as complicated as we make it...your point made caused me to relate...busbee48@gmail.com...your deeper thought are requested.. respond
Most people who live in a house are barely making it as it is. Sounds like another well intended drain on everyone else. I would encourage all bleeding heart, self=appointed "caring folks" to actually volunteer for helping the homeless. More than HALF of them are fine with their "laid back life of sloth and the insignificant footprint left on this planet. I was raised and taught that EVERY person alive has a duty to the world they live in to do what they can to make it a better place. That's the opposite of selfishness. Show me an addict, I'll show you a selfish person. It's that simple, and buying them things and coddling them only steepens the slope to hell for them. Folks who feel pity for these people are mostly ignorant of the lifestyles they have and their preference to remain as they are.....until they shoot up that one last time and leave this world. You can believe what the media portrays the people as, or you can actually go hang out with them a couple of days and nights, and quickly see thru the bullshit.
@Jerry Rose if believing people should get off the dope and get their act together, you'd be right. judging from your reply, you need to read my comment again.
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or what about the ecorse road underpass on 94 they could fix that and bet the tent city folks wld chip in the work for a living wage. o wait mdot would rather kick dem out
And just let EVERYONE in? That's easy for you to say now , but when you are paying for all the illegals , and the crime rate has sky rocketed more , due to MS13 members coming in , you will think differently. If we allow ALL into our country , we will end up over populated like China. Look at them! We need to help our own homeless AND build a wall!
I just became homeless and im living in a tent and working...it's tough and at times want to just give up...but my pride and giving up, aren't the plan..getting on my feet is.God bless..
I'm 44. When I was 22 I wanted to know what being homeless was like. I was fresh out of the Navy and wanted to travel for a year before reentering the workforce. I was educated, had a little money, just spent 4 great years on the sea, single... free. But I was desperate for adventure, more education. Not the type my GI Bill would provide and not the type you get sitting in class. I decided to sell or give away most of my possessions and begin a homeless trek westward as an experiment, or better yet an experience. Within 1 week of my drastic decision, I left Va with nothing more than a backpack, $400 cash and my wits. I rented a storage unit in Va for 18 months prepaid just to store extremely important documents, photos, and small belongings. I locked it up and told no one of its location or that I was disappearing for an undetermined amount of time. I boarded a bus and headed for California. It was the mid 90's and it was the destination for despot hobos back then. My goal was to document a full year of living homeless, and joining a homeless community. I spent the first week under a bridge living close to 3 other wanderers. I learned very quickly what I still believe is true today. Being homeless for MOST people is a choice based on a lack of drive and motivation. Period. I met terrific people. I met horrible people. Most of the people I met along the way were addicted to one substance or another. Their lack of motivation was usually a huge factor in becoming addicts, and once you're an addict, there's very little hope of ever regaining that motivation, especially when you're broke and homeless. The cycle keeps these people "lost". During that first week I tried to fit in as much as possible. I even experimented with various drugs (no needles, though). I quickly became bored with the lazy pace and lack of ambition. I tried to tell myself that I am still too fresh, that some of these people had given up on life. 6 weeks in and I was starting to feel truly homeless. Scruffy, not so clean, tired looking, a shoulder injury. I helped others collect cans and bottles, scrap metal and tires. Monotonous and very little reward. Surely that had to be another way of making money (without getting a legit job, of course). I stuck with it, vowed not to break down and get a real job or return to Va. Any given day I had less than $1 in change in my pocket. My initial 400 was gone within the first 2 weeks. I laid awake one night listening to some others talking in a tent nearby. They wanted to rob tourists in Santa Monica. I knew it was time for me to move on to a new community. Before the sun came up, I packed my bag and left the bridge. On my way out I met a young girl, 19, who also wanted to leave. So, we left together. She, for other reasons. Tanya said she was sick of the lazy, shameful act of panhandling freeway exits. If you had 8 hours to sit there and hold a sign, surely you had 8 hours to walk around and look for some type of work. I agreed. I was finding it impossible to be in big cities and NOT stumble into a job. Seriously. People offered me a job several times every week. But I was determined to finish a full year. I came up with an odd way to earn money. Good money, fast. I was situated in a suburb of LA and surrounded by golf courses. During my many shortcuts through the woods I would find dozens of random golf balls strewn about the ground. As a golfer myself I saw the value in these balls. I began collecting golf balls and cleaning them. A few dozen at first, then hundreds, then thousands. I developed a system for locating balls at night in the woods and marshes next to particular golf course fairways. I'd hustle a few dozen here and there, to golf course pro shops, print ads (yes, before Craigslist), flea markets, etc. It started slowly. $15/day then $50/day then more than I could handle alone. Soon, I had to upgrade my shelter to accommodate the added gear for cleaning and sorting golf balls. Then, there was the whole "keeping it secret because I didn't want thieves to steal my product" thing. Being homeless was starting to slow me down. I'm 10 months in and I have over $9000 from 3 months of "balling". Mind you, I had no "bills". 2 months to go. But I caved and rented a safe deposit box for my cash. Tanya helped me a great deal and I paid her very well. In fact, within a few weeks she had enough to buy a van and finally leave. But not before she wrecked my experience. One day I returned from the hardware store, buying cleaning products and 2 more large tubs. Walking through this secret part of the woods to my little camp, I noticed pieces of my home scattered about everywhere. All was destroyed or stolen. Everything. I started over at a new location. After 14 months I packed up and headed back home with a sizable little stash and a business idea. Today, after decades of working corporate management, I have returned to golf balling. Only this time with a license, contracts, insurance, taxes and space to work in. For 4 years I've been doing this and now make more annually than I ever did working for someone else. But it all started while being homeless and penniless. I couldn't fathom the idea of sitting around waiting for someone to give me a handout. Or spending hours laying around in a tent, or at intersections with a sign. Some homeless are truly incapable of helping themselves and/or have ended up this way due to no fault of their own. BUT a majority of them are simply lazy. Able-bodied physically + mentally = no excuses! There's always a way.
Jason I'm in totally agreement my journey as a single mom for 20 years working 3 jobs and I am not saying this to make ANYONE feel sorry for me. I am so blessed to have the drive and not make excuses as to not make these youtube videos saying "I" a million times. Everyone has a story. Well, learning a long time ago, no one cares about your story at all. Unless you have done great things. my job is working with homeless, mentally ill and abused victims and I can tell you 85% is so intitled and looking for something for NOTHING!!! If I was a home.owner and your camp was 50 feet from my property line I would bring in a bulldozer. All my life of paying for my 30 year homeloan to let you take my property value down is displaying no reguards to anyone but yourself. I sure did notice all the people without teeth though mmmm look like a duck and walks like a duck. I have compassion but it goes to the ones that are truly mentally ill that dont do drugs and dont pray on others kindness. There are jobs get off your butt and go get them!!!!
I went to Montana to work. I became unable to work and after the savings run out I became homeless. Thank God I finally got my disability and pension. I was one of the lucky ones. Many of these people have nothing. No pensions no nothing. My heart goes out to them.
Wow, those homeless are far more civil then the homeless we have in California. It's a whole other ball of wax here. The fact that they self governed and tried to keep things tidy and out of sight. They are angels comparatively.
I am so glad I didn't go to U.S.A to live, I hate to see so much homeless people, the government is so EVIL, They can build even wood houses for most of these people but choose to spend millions on space projects and other projects like CERN, it makes me so ANGRY I wish I could do something to change this EVIL world 🤔😤😫❤😇
@Lily Slipcast WOW, empty houses and so much HOMELESS PEOPLE, what can we do to change things WITHOUT these EVIL politicians, at present we can't even agree together as humun beings , WHAT'S HAPPENING TO US 🤔😫❤😇
Of course not - authorities are a bunch of greedy people who want to better their own lives (via our taxes), not give their riches away to people who can't give anything back to them
See, these camps can work as long as they are kept clean and rules are enforced. Many homeless encampments do not have such rules in place and are very dangerous. What would be better is if they were given resources to improve their lives.
Kevin Town and MecheleInAlambama couldn't have said it better. Amazing how much of our money goes into funding crap we don't need especially when it comes to wars but never to help people who are their lowest in life. I've been there myself and it's funny how most Americans think it will never happen to them unless they were hooked on drugs or alcohol. Be prepared. It can happen to anyone no matter how hard or well you do in life.
Face life as you would death, forget about pride, forget about face, forget about name. Forget about what people will think of you. Forget about the separation of those who are better and those who are not. Forget about what society have bestowed upon you as good and bad. Listen to the Lord, he speaks through your heart. Return to the nature of peace and harmony, and help out the people around you. Hahaha I think I might go find a camp like this and live in it for a while, just to learn some personal discipline. If we don't know emptiness how will we know when we are full.
God, keep us all in mind. Don't forget the lone wolves, road warriors, those who call themselves emo.... & those of us who can't seem to find the way home...
They have no were to go but yet they still know they have to fight to live in horrible conditions. Are government needs adjustments. These people with vouchers in hand still can not find landlords, each and everyone should have had a place preauthorize before they were again made permanently homeless; this is negligence and abuse of power at it's finest
agree completely on the relocation before removal... but i wouldnt of left. what they gonna do lock u up? free heat water sewer electric internet usage etc etc etc
Great in theory but the township will shut you down. I've tried letting someone stay in my back yard and bi-law put the kibosh on that. A local church tried letting some stay on their property and they were shut down too. Big brother has his ways. It's disgusting.
***** we will always have a home for them in Oregon if they can find a way to get here we will be happy to find a new place where they can stay for "take notice"
keep the dame thing a secretwhat iswrong with that ask if they get mail at someones house they are not on welfare the chuch was helping them rigth dont let
government should definitely allow homeless camps on pieces of land to help out the homeless. if they are worried about crime allow police checks and small searches once a week.
@@tonyrigo9096 is the only one in this comment section that gets it. If the govt allowed people to live in tents then they would et a lot less property taxes. It's all about taxation. But you have to realize that less taxes leans less welfare, too. So it's a double-edged sword.
I own a chunk of land and no longer can do the up keep on it!!! I would love to have a few of these wonderful people live on my land and help me take care of it!! I can't even get people to help me with it when I offer to pay them!!! I need homeless people!!! I would never make them move it they make my land look cared for!!
Let me understand this: We are the richest country in the world. We can provide shelters for millions of people around the world in catastrophic events: Philippine, Syria.. We also can pay hundred of billions of dollars to rebuild Iraq, Afghanistan. We contribute billions more to shelter animals that were abandoned by their owners. But WE CAN'T HELP OUR FELLOW AMERICAN? Yes, they had issues at beginning with. Yes, they are addicts. Yes they are ex-con. But YES THEY ARE HUMAN BEING. Now what you do better? You evicted them? They dispersed all around your neighbor too. They have to sleep on the concrete and expose to the elements. They are many thousands and still growing around this country BUT we can't solve this problem??? We can help illegal immigrants. We have law to let them go to school and pay at in state fees, take care of them when they are sick. BUT WE CAN'T HELP LESS THAN A MILLION HOMELESS AMERICAN.
Capitalism does not allow you to stop. You must walk until you die. - There are many reasons for homelessness but at the root of all of it will also be abuse. Many people are abused and never get psychological help. That kind of help works part of the time. But, we really are our brothers keeper--capitalism doesn’t allow that. Only long distance. Or war for profit interests the powers that be. It’s all appearances; and the increase in people who can’t function is no coincidence..... God is testing us....and we are failing miserably.
Voice9 The powers that be, do not want to help Americans period! Read agenda 21 and people like gates and how they want to depopulate our country-and the world--much written on this--please do your research-it gets worse
Welp that about somes it up so true !. Evil wicked and corrupted and if your not one of them as a officer told me well they just dont want you around them...
Grit's, hang in there, you're a good son and there's nothing more important than loving your mother this way. God is going to bless you openly ~ Prayer's for you and momma
I feel for these people, that was pretty heartless booting them like that. Todays times are very hard specially the older you get I know first hand. I lost a job of 5 years & have not been able to get much in employment for around 3 years. I was totally unemployed for over 2 years then got 2 jobs, one I was making very low wage the other like double the wage I was planning to cut the low wage job & suddenly was terminated from the higher paying job, terminated for a very lame reason as I was from the other job. This kind of crap is happening all across this country along with the over flow of illegals who are lowering wage standards being it will be much more than where they come from in most cases. I don't blame them I blame our government for allowing this to be happening. I also blame corporate America for being so greedy they also allow this to happen. I think people need to leave these people in these tent cities alone & work on solutions to the cause of what is making people create these tent cities bottom line. All they are doing is trying to have a place to live & sleep in this ridiculously bad economy, it is bad I know as I said first hand. I will be losing everything soon if things don't get better soon I can not survive on my current wage & it's only part time, I have been living on retirement wage which is close to gone & I am 48 with no retirement, yea America the land of opportunity what a joke! For who is what I'd like to know? Americans need to start banding together again & take back what is rightfully ours this really needs to stop, not one damn American should be jobless or home less unless of course they chose to be.
Jack Black Hang in there, my heart goes out to you. There but by the grace of God go us all. I believe a total collapse is just around the corner, and a lot of people who shun and ridicule you now, will one day be joining you. Maybe then you will be in a position to teach them a thing or two, starting with empathy, humility, and community. Keep on fighting the good fight, I hope you persevere despite your obstacles.
You are very kind, thank you very much. I do hope some day the right people will rise and teach those who need to be taught. We have to many no it all's that know absolutely nothing and to many who know something and has experienced many things that are un-heard. "empathy, humility, and community" we are seriously lacking these things as a society. People need to put down the smart phones, ipads and lap tops for a moment to have a look at these things. Thanks again for your kind words.
+Luke garrett "Apathy", are you serious? Do you even know what that means dipshit? Staring at what electronic device? A computer, the very same thing you are looking at you moron! Lord the stupidity that dwells among us is incredible.
wow,really opened my eyes. i mean i always "help out" like dollars here & there or change at 7/11 but man i tell u it goes so much deaper than that. to be honest i could be one or two pay checks away from being homeless my damn self. would be nice if they could have subsidised that land for the campers and let the rent vouchers pay for the land.
What our country is doing to it's poorest citizens is unconscionable. Social welfare has not been evenly distributed for a long time now. The shit our govt is up to is shady to the max. And lets not even talk about the rich. Most of those people are grossly overpaid and hardly irreplaceable. There is a lot of suffering in the world and more than ever in USA. Makes me sad and mad. Praying for all the dispossessed from Camp Take Notice.
If you want to help, propose and enforce a change in laws which allows for exemptions to insurance, zoning and sanitation laws. Encourage your councils to allow such places, within reason. (For example, well managed and clean "tent cities".) These places are a stepping stone where there was none, it might just be one step from the bottom, but it is a step. Evicting the homeless, what a sad reflection on our society.
I'm poor myself but not homeless I'm going to build tiny houses to give away to the homeless if we all could pitch in only few dollars or donate lumber or supplies we can take care all the homeless remember that could be you homeless.. always give thanks to Christ everyday .. message me if you have any more ideas and want to be partner's
Being Homeless Will Be All of Us One Day!!!! They are going to be the One's to Show Us How To Make It!!!! Amen Hallelujah 🙏💗 the Way Things are going in This World !!!!
This is sooo dang Saaaad!!! I grew up in 3rd world country in the Mountains. Life is poor but there's farm and bananas, rootcrops everywhere. Most of all I have not seen any homeless person. There's bamboo growing everywhere and you can just build it for your shelter. How in the world this is happening to the most Wealthy and powerful country in the World? God Bless these people. Just get your Act together and I think you All will be fine.
Zeljko Trifunovic I hope you never find yourself in the same position. A lot of the homeless are well educated and have fallen on hard times through recession or illness and you no right to judge and be so spiteful.
, I can really relate for that lady. My wife got a slow agonizing death from cancer. Her dog Rosie Doberman never left the bed except to eat and go out to take care of business she stayed with her guarded to keep mr. Death away. Rosie was old she died with her head in my lap I watch the light in her eyes go out I'm about 2 weeks later I found my wife Dad passed on in her sleep. They also went to her son out to me he was nice enough to let me pay for the funeral and pay all the taxes for the year before asking me to leave.
have the greatest respect for these people they are my kind of folk ,thay are the backbone of the USA ,their intelligence is from TOTAL reality!!!! LOVE THEM!!
I was one of these folks. My problem was heroin and it took a long time to get my life back together, but it is possible. I feel, the problem with most folks is, they don't want to cut their hair or, get up on time for work or, the job they get feels as though it is beneath them. You can do ANYTHING, the only real question is, how bad do you want it? If you won't cut your hair or get up on time, you don't REALLY want it.
Despite all the overwhelming support demonstrated by the community including MDOT who ended up kicking them out what the campers actually needed nobody actually provided. The campers needed somewhere to camp. Who in the community of supporters was willing to allow even one or two campers to camp in their backyard?
Some people rub their hands together in glee just to make people who already have a miserable existence much more painful and depressing. I think we should make these people take an empathy test and if they fail deem them unworthy of home ownership and throw them out onto the streets. This would put the playing field straight.
Bless thies people my heart goes out to them we could all be in the same boat one day so show some love and respect I’m one court case away from being the same but I at least have some savings and a small mobile I might be able to get prayers for you guys stay strong
All i have to say is this might not be their time but their time is coming they will survive the harshness thats coming but all those living big happy their time about to end for they will not survive tribulation. Id leave this life and join of grid . These ppl need to go far into woods build their homes and farms and not tell anyone of their homes. A community like that will always thrive they all work together to eat and survive that's how it's supposed to be together they know the true social skills but Many Livengood don't know it. Ask ourselves who will be the Survivor. May God bless them.
Nice to see the selflessness of Scott Walker hasn't gone to waste. We will be judged by how we treat the least among us and Michigan is shooting to be that impressive little shining turd on a hill.
A good story. I was glad to see those people have a place to sleep and a supportive community while it lasted for 2 years. When you first become homeless it's a total environmental shock for awhile and then you learn to thrive outside without getting sick too much from the heat and the cold.. Food stamps helped a lot.. Veterans should remember to get free passes at the National and State parks all over America. This is what I did for 2 years and actually loved the wilderness for awhile..
My husband and i got out of homelessness through hard work. This really pissed me off, we have never received government assistance, we did scrap metal for money sometimes though. These people get welfare, food stamps, and have benefits at churches for them, while ALL OF THEM DO NOTHING TO GET OFF THE STREETS THEMSELVES. My husband got out of the Army after 10 years and 3 deployments with an honorable discharge. The transition into civilian life was hell. We have a little rental house now, an old truck, and yes we live paycheck to paycheck, but it's our money not a handout.. We consider ourselves the working poor. I do understand how quickly everything can change, i understand what it is like living in a hotel with 3 kids. But we are doing things without any assistance, so it is possible. I personally believe people get comfortable with the assistance, and handouts, so they become lazy.
Bonnie Lee I never once implied everyone is sucking off the system. Yes there are people who need the assistance, and that is what it's in place for. But now more and more people are using the system THE WRONG WAY. My point in my comment is so people know when these homeless people say getting on your feet can't be done, they are full of it. We are proof you can achieve what you want. It might suck for a couple years, but if you put in everything you got, and even if you start on benefits, you can work towards not needing them also. YOU can overcome homelessness, BUT YOU HAVE TO WANT TO, and not depend on handouts from everyone else. You have to want to change yourself, and then you can change your situation. Yes it can happen to anyone, but it's what you do in that moment to change it that matters. Just laying around and doing nothing about your situation IS YOUR FAULT, not for the rest of us to fix. And again yes there are people who need assistance, and i have no problem supporting the handicap, or veterans, people who truly can't work due to legitimate reasons. But the other 75% just using every petty excuse they can think of to not work is BULLSHIT. If you are an alcoholic go to rehab, drug addict go to rehab, you have to TRY. AND YOU CAN'T CHANGE WHAT YOU DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE.
What the hell is wrong with you. And others like you for that matter. Why do you care if poor people homeless people get a little hand out get some food a little bit of Medicine. Do you know how corrupt and fraudulent the system is in the government itself and pretty much almost every business that's somewhat larger and you care about somebody getting some EBT or maybe getting one over on their EBT. It's people like you that goes straight to hell you are no better than anybody else. You just have to look down on people that don't do the things that you do so you can feel better about your nasty ass self. Not to mention you have help and many people don't not everybody has a husband that will provide half of everything for them what would you do if he dumped you.
Living in a hotel ? lol, you wwre not really homeless if u could afford to live in hotel with kids. Techincally maybe but in reality, nope, not a homeless. HOw stupid you have to be for not being able to tell the difference ? .... amazing.
many of these people have serious mental health issues and belong in mental institutions, that are no longer available. Many have criminal backgrounds, hence no one will hire them; many have drugs and substance abuse problems.
I'm glad I'm not American, but, no matter who the homeless is, I'll never, ever forget who I am, or where I come from! I was so close to being homeless, it isn't even funny... When I see people who need help. I'm there. I don't care what religion, or country your from!!!
Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, 'Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the Devil and his demons! 42 For I was hungry, and you didn't feed me. I was thirsty, and you didn't give me anything to drink. 43 I was a stranger, and you didn't invite me into your home. I was naked, and you gave me no clothing.
My sister and I are about to be homeless. My sister got laid off 6 months ago. Can't find work beyond a stinking 14 an hr. Rent is 1600 plus. All the rents in a safe place are starting at 1600. The United states is losing middle class family's to poverty every day. It's sickening theres no help for people and not enough low income housing. Most illegals take up all the hud living!
A crime, a literal crime to treat a working community of human beings this way..... They just needed a chance. The trees and dirt in that piece of property was not being mis-used, they were being good stewards. The MDOT had no better use for the land.... And wasn't there anyone in that entire town who could have donated some land for a new community?
At least give the lucid ones vehicles... that they can drive. Sometimes mobility is all that a person needs. The vehicles would have to come from the government, with maybe special plates... Once they get an apartment, then they have to give the vehicles back. - People want to build slums to house the homeless - very expensive and face it.. they deteriorate rather rapidly... Then no-one wants to be near or live in them. It's a very 20th century solution. - A car for a single person. A van for a couple or with a kid or two. - The government can then give them a weekly allowance for gas, and free vehicle maintenance. - In cold weather, the gov can provide heat hookups - like how drive-ins used to have speakers. - It will cost money, but it will be a lot less than building buildings and neighborhoods for them.
Seems like a good group well organized. One thing: a few tents were dilapidated and it would be nice to give these people a decent tent that you can stand up in and walk around inside.
It is now 2020, and I am so curious if you have kept in touch with any of the people of "Camp Take Notice" Have they ever gotten back together, what has happened to them, including the founder of the camp Caleb Poirier ?
This has got to be where group morals came from in early man. I know that this isn't the point of this video, but it's an interesting side note. Everyone makes a set of rules, you can get voted out or reinstated. They don't need Jesus, they need to buy a speck of land somewhere and continue this experiment!
To the man that petitioned against this camp...there are drug overdoses and crime EVERYWHERE!!!! I would rather see these relatively clean, self-governed camps than people sleeping on sidewalks. Where else are they supposed to go? There clearly are not enough homeless shelters to meet the need!!
We had a farm owner take about 5 of us in with our motor homes for the winter. We had water, lights & sewer. We could keep our pets. The Town of Brookhaven kicked us out. The owner passed away.
giving the homeless land would be less money for the tax payer as it is 40,000plus a year to jail a person times each year of life opposed to 10,000 for piece of land once.
What an absolute disgrace to remove these people from the camp, they respected each other had a community.Looked after the camp environment and the nature around it.Were totally civilized only to end up on dirty streets and cold alley ways.
Shame on the state and the authority's for allowing this to happen.
There should be more camps like this.
Any one of us could end up in this position.
How are people suppose to get on in life if they cant even have the basic right to live!!
Shame on the government too.
mark farley This "state" that Americans are in was planned. The gov't & its special interests deliberately set things up so Americans will be reduced to a "third world" status. They did not 'let' it happen, they planned it to happen. This is not a "theory."
I have been, along with millions of others, been watching it go down for a couple decades now. We all are seeing it, but so many Americans don't want to know what it means nor the why of it, nor where it ends up. Apathy is rampant in America, & it is costing us all. those who want to bury their head in the sand, & think the next person "elected" will straighten all this out. BS magical thinking, wishful thinking.
Lots of people say the gov't would not do this. That's because their heads are focused on the TV,& never on the world around them, even when it is their own fellow citizens who are sounding the alarm. Many people are under the delusion that our gov't will let them know all we need to know, & don't want to think that our gov't tells us only what They need for us to know. Therein lies a big difference between the two.
People think our gov't will come around to help sooner or later. That is exactly the attitude the gov't cultivates. It of course, will do no such thing, except to herd us where it wants us, & it is doing exactly that right now. Homelessness is no accident or "sign of the times." It is part of a careful plan.
The New World Order dictatorship is moving along nicely.
It is a shame to allow homeless camps to exist. People should have a right to a proper home, paid for by the tax payers.
mark farley you (leave) them in the camps you create more social misery,people need this to move up with their lives,believe me the world need a little kick in the ass!rehab is the key,not making ghettos...
Ya, the world needs a giant kick in the butt to get going with tax financed government welfare. Welfare is the key here, not fantasies about everyone getting a rent paying job in the capitalist economic system, which is a system impossibility.
bertThugh2 - I fully agree with you Ben. I have been researching on this and the Illuminati since 2002.
You know I’ve never seen something more wonderful for the homeless in my life. The freedom of the out doors. The get together in the large tent. They weren’t bothering anybody. I pray they found shelter 🙏❤️
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Good for them it looksclean and they look some while happy god bless them
It's so shameful for them to throw them out. All the government needed to do was monitor them. They created a beautiful self governing community. Now, they are scattered and alone. This country can find weapons for war but not for the homeless. It's shameful.
HopeFor.... Indeed
I want to hug and kiss every person who takes time and money out of their lives to help the homeless. It gives me hope that i will be ok one day. Love & Light
How ironic is this? Homeless build them themselves a safe place to live, they have helped themselves. Then the government make them homeless again!
yep, thanks government and politicians.!!!!!!
Yep. Agenda 21 is alive and strong. The government doesn't want a solution found. They couldn't allow these ppl to help themselves. That's the point of closing the community.
Yep that's exactly 😢what they do and we start the process to move settle in ect for them to move in again and again sad I know 😊
Build a home and community. Gov't takes it away, but does not replace it with anything.
You got that right 😢😢😢
None of us are ever too far from being in the same situation. I never look down on anybody for anything. I just thank God every day for what I have today.
Absolutely right. Life rips the rug out from underneath you sometimes, without provocation or warning, and suddenly you are without your basic needs. People are so quick to judge but fail to realize that it can happen to anyone, regardless of race, sex, or financial stability. Mental illness and addiction (sometimes both happening simultaneously) run rampant in these communities. The world needs more people like you who operate with empathy and love. Thanks for your thoughts. It reassures me that there are other individuals like you and I out there. Cheers friend.
Exactly
To the nasty man writing to get them evicted..if you or anyone who sighned that paper are reading this do you feel good?Did you.eat today and have a hot shower? Your heart or lack of makes me sick.
Be kind kiwi *signed
People like him make me fucking sick ,something so wrong is happing to are countries and the world more n more people living this way
forgot,sleeped good in a nice warm bed,in a nice warm house
MsKerryanne....There always has to be some arrogant idiot to point out someone's typo! So you don't make typos or even spelling mistakes? Why do you feel the need to correct someone ...trying to embarrass them? Trying to put them down, so you can somehow feel a little better about yourself ? It doesn't work....So get down off your hi...ooops....I mean high horse....and leave people alone ....Be kind made a GREAT point.....Yours was useless
jesse...why don't you ? Be Kind made a great point....
We are not free in this country its illegal to be homeless.......how sad and messed up we are.
Hi. From some videos I've seen its also illegal to feed or give money or almost any assistance to the homless or any other human in desperate need these days. Now whats that s**t all about?. We are spozed to be helpfull with our brothers & sisters of the world. Not get in trouble for trying to help another human being. The governments of the world need destroying instaid of them hiding & living it up in their ivory Towers protected from the General public.
This isn't about people from other countries. It isn't like our government is taking money from homeless support programs and are giving it to assist people to relocate in the US. This is the result of capitalism and privatization of mental health care, substance abuse treatment, the habitual criminalization of poverty, and the "I got mine, go get your own" mentality of our citizens. Microloans, sponsorship, and financial support of local organizations is the best way to help...because I am sure after making such an ugly post you are more than ready to HELP, right?
There should be a free, self governing, no questions asked, public camp for anyone who wishes to stay there regardless of income or circumstances. A person's reasons for being there should be a private matter. The camp should have adequate toilets, showers, trash pick-up and a heated, safe, community structure where people can sleep when the weather is dangerously cold. It should be supported by donations and whatever the campers can provide for themselves. It should have accessible public transportation. It should be enlarged to the capacity needed. There should be such a camp in every part of the country where five or more people request one.
Amen.
I ask one thing....your view is odd to me..in the fact that I have been there...and u do believe that life doesn't have to be as complicated as we make it...your point made caused me to relate...busbee48@gmail.com...your deeper thought are requested.. respond
Most people who live in a house are barely making it as it is. Sounds like another well intended drain on everyone else. I would encourage all bleeding heart, self=appointed "caring folks" to actually volunteer for helping the homeless. More than HALF of them are fine with their "laid back life of sloth and the insignificant footprint left on this planet.
I was raised and taught that EVERY person alive has a duty to the world they live in to do what they can to make it a better place. That's the opposite of selfishness. Show me an addict, I'll show you a selfish person. It's that simple, and buying them things and coddling them only steepens the slope to hell for them. Folks who feel pity for these people are mostly ignorant of the lifestyles they have and their preference to remain as they are.....until they shoot up that one last time and leave this world. You can believe what the media portrays the people as, or you can actually go hang out with them a couple of days and nights, and quickly see thru the bullshit.
@Jerry Rose if believing people should get off the dope and get their act together, you'd be right. judging from your reply, you need to read my comment again.
@Jerry Rose Well saiddddddd…….. You are so so right …..
THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE CLOSED THIS DOWN THEY WERE NOT BOTHERING ANYONE !
You cannot serve God and mammon.
God gives. satan steals. Jesus said.. we are to "love one another."
@@angzhamz5053 jesus saves. moses invests. the devil collects...
Not hurting anyone but now where will the go?
Not hurting anyone but now where will the go?
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I somehow lost the login password. I love any tips you can offer me.
DOT spent more money on putting up that fence than if they just would help the homeless find a new place to go.
or fix i94 pot holes?
or what about the ecorse road underpass on 94 they could fix that and bet the tent city folks wld chip in the work for a living wage. o wait mdot would rather kick dem out
EXACTLY!!!
And just let EVERYONE in? That's easy for you to say now , but when you are paying for all the illegals , and the crime rate has sky rocketed more , due to MS13 members coming in , you will think differently. If we allow ALL into our country , we will end up over populated like China. Look at them! We need to help our own homeless AND build a wall!
If your talking about the border wall or fence ? The fence is for the safety of all Americans.
That man even if he is homeless he never forget his mother ...so much love
And this is how we treat a fellow American citizens
This is amazing. People have their dignity restored! They have SKILLS, and resources to share! I love this.
I just became homeless and im living in a tent and working...it's tough and at times want to just give up...but my pride and giving up, aren't the plan..getting on my feet is.God bless..
how's progress?
I'm 44. When I was 22 I wanted to know what being homeless was like. I was fresh out of the Navy and wanted to travel for a year before reentering the workforce. I was educated, had a little money, just spent 4 great years on the sea, single... free. But I was desperate for adventure, more education. Not the type my GI Bill would provide and not the type you get sitting in class. I decided to sell or give away most of my possessions and begin a homeless trek westward as an experiment, or better yet an experience. Within 1 week of my drastic decision, I left Va with nothing more than a backpack, $400 cash and my wits. I rented a storage unit in Va for 18 months prepaid just to store extremely important documents, photos, and small belongings. I locked it up and told no one of its location or that I was disappearing for an undetermined amount of time.
I boarded a bus and headed for California. It was the mid 90's and it was the destination for despot hobos back then. My goal was to document a full year of living homeless, and joining a homeless community. I spent the first week under a bridge living close to 3 other wanderers. I learned very quickly what I still believe is true today. Being homeless for MOST people is a choice based on a lack of drive and motivation. Period. I met terrific people. I met horrible people. Most of the people I met along the way were addicted to one substance or another. Their lack of motivation was usually a huge factor in becoming addicts, and once you're an addict, there's very little hope of ever regaining that motivation, especially when you're broke and homeless. The cycle keeps these people "lost".
During that first week I tried to fit in as much as possible. I even experimented with various drugs (no needles, though). I quickly became bored with the lazy pace and lack of ambition. I tried to tell myself that I am still too fresh, that some of these people had given up on life. 6 weeks in and I was starting to feel truly homeless. Scruffy, not so clean, tired looking, a shoulder injury. I helped others collect cans and bottles, scrap metal and tires. Monotonous and very little reward. Surely that had to be another way of making money (without getting a legit job, of course). I stuck with it, vowed not to break down and get a real job or return to Va. Any given day I had less than $1 in change in my pocket. My initial 400 was gone within the first 2 weeks. I laid awake one night listening to some others talking in a tent nearby. They wanted to rob tourists in Santa Monica. I knew it was time for me to move on to a new community. Before the sun came up, I packed my bag and left the bridge. On my way out I met a young girl, 19, who also wanted to leave. So, we left together. She, for other reasons. Tanya said she was sick of the lazy, shameful act of panhandling freeway exits. If you had 8 hours to sit there and hold a sign, surely you had 8 hours to walk around and look for some type of work. I agreed.
I was finding it impossible to be in big cities and NOT stumble into a job. Seriously. People offered me a job several times every week. But I was determined to finish a full year. I came up with an odd way to earn money. Good money, fast. I was situated in a suburb of LA and surrounded by golf courses. During my many shortcuts through the woods I would find dozens of random golf balls strewn about the ground. As a golfer myself I saw the value in these balls. I began collecting golf balls and cleaning them. A few dozen at first, then hundreds, then thousands. I developed a system for locating balls at night in the woods and marshes next to particular golf course fairways. I'd hustle a few dozen here and there, to golf course pro shops, print ads (yes, before Craigslist), flea markets, etc. It started slowly. $15/day then $50/day then more than I could handle alone. Soon, I had to upgrade my shelter to accommodate the added gear for cleaning and sorting golf balls. Then, there was the whole "keeping it secret because I didn't want thieves to steal my product" thing. Being homeless was starting to slow me down.
I'm 10 months in and I have over $9000 from 3 months of "balling". Mind you, I had no "bills". 2 months to go. But I caved and rented a safe deposit box for my cash. Tanya helped me a great deal and I paid her very well. In fact, within a few weeks she had enough to buy a van and finally leave. But not before she wrecked my experience. One day I returned from the hardware store, buying cleaning products and 2 more large tubs. Walking through this secret part of the woods to my little camp, I noticed pieces of my home scattered about everywhere. All was destroyed or stolen. Everything. I started over at a new location. After 14 months I packed up and headed back home with a sizable little stash and a business idea.
Today, after decades of working corporate management, I have returned to golf balling. Only this time with a license, contracts, insurance, taxes and space to work in. For 4 years I've been doing this and now make more annually than I ever did working for someone else. But it all started while being homeless and penniless. I couldn't fathom the idea of sitting around waiting for someone to give me a handout. Or spending hours laying around in a tent, or at intersections with a sign. Some homeless are truly incapable of helping themselves and/or have ended up this way due to no fault of their own. BUT a majority of them are simply lazy. Able-bodied physically + mentally = no excuses! There's always a way.
Jason I'm in totally agreement my journey as a single mom for 20 years working 3 jobs and I am not saying this to make ANYONE feel sorry for me. I am so blessed to have the drive and not make excuses as to not make these youtube videos saying "I" a million times. Everyone has a story. Well, learning a long time ago, no one cares about your story at all. Unless you have done great things. my job is working with homeless, mentally ill and abused victims and I can tell you 85% is so intitled and looking for something for NOTHING!!! If I was a home.owner and your camp was 50 feet from my property line I would bring in a bulldozer. All my life of paying for my 30 year homeloan to let you take my property value down is displaying no reguards to anyone but yourself. I sure did notice all the people without teeth though mmmm look like a duck and walks like a duck. I have compassion but it goes to the ones that are truly mentally ill that dont do drugs and dont pray on others kindness. There are jobs get off your butt and go get them!!!!
I went to Montana to work. I became unable to work and after the savings run out I became homeless. Thank God I finally got my disability and pension. I was one of the lucky ones. Many of these people have nothing. No pensions no nothing. My heart goes out to them.
Wow, those homeless are far more civil then the homeless we have in California.
It's a whole other ball of wax here.
The fact that they self governed and tried to keep things tidy and out of sight.
They are angels comparatively.
It's illegal to be homeless in the USA, but I haven't noticed any homeless refugees that have been recently brought to the USA.
They work and put taxes in else they get deported ;) they don't want to come across cops.
I am so glad I didn't go to U.S.A to live, I hate to see so much homeless people, the government is so EVIL, They can build even wood houses for most of these people but choose to spend millions on space projects and other projects like CERN, it makes me so ANGRY I wish I could do something to change this EVIL world 🤔😤😫❤😇
I am so pleased I stood my ground and never entertained the idea of moving to the USA unfortunately the world is one big prison.
@Lily Slipcast WOW, empty houses and so much HOMELESS PEOPLE, what can we do to change things WITHOUT these EVIL politicians, at present we can't even agree together as humun beings , WHAT'S HAPPENING TO US 🤔😫❤😇
@@awakelastchance3333 Yes . Together we can !
I never thought I would say I’m sick of my country
same here......
Mine too not better, come so far to find same shyt if not super nuts
I was feeling sorry for myself all day long & these people don't have a home. God bless them! I wish I could help them.
I just don't believe that authorities cant find a piece of land for the camp. Its just not true.
Of course not - authorities are a bunch of greedy people who want to better their own lives (via our taxes), not give their riches away to people who can't give anything back to them
See, these camps can work as long as they are kept clean and rules are enforced. Many homeless encampments do not have such rules in place and are very dangerous. What would be better is if they were given resources to improve their lives.
amen
Dangerous to whom?
Great and very eye- opening video. Sad stories, but I'm glad there are such places like this for the homeless.
Kevin Town and MecheleInAlambama couldn't have said it better. Amazing how much of our money goes into funding crap we don't need especially when it comes to wars but never to help people who are their lowest in life. I've been there myself and it's funny how most Americans think it will never happen to them unless they were hooked on drugs or alcohol. Be prepared. It can happen to anyone no matter how hard or well you do in life.
Face life as you would death, forget about pride, forget about face, forget about name. Forget about what people will think of you. Forget about the separation of those who are better and those who are not. Forget about what society have bestowed upon you as good and bad. Listen to the Lord, he speaks through your heart. Return to the nature of peace and harmony, and help out the people around you. Hahaha I think I might go find a camp like this and live in it for a while, just to learn some personal discipline. If we don't know emptiness how will we know when we are full.
God, keep us all in mind. Don't forget the lone wolves, road warriors, those who call themselves emo.... & those of us who can't seem to find the way home...
N Gods name We pray.....Amen
I always disliked Romney. Now I can't stand him after hearing hos remark about the poor.
SEVEN YEARS AGO?! WHAT HAS BEEN done to improve the lives of these people? I cannot comprehend how people get to this point..
Fees on top of fees, pay fee and tax to pay rent, than the landlord charge late fee and tax, than you just lose it and run away
A Great work to open the eyes of Ruthless Society...
They have no were to go but yet they still know they have to fight to live in horrible conditions. Are government needs adjustments. These people with vouchers in hand still can not find landlords, each and everyone should have had a place preauthorize before they were again made permanently homeless; this is negligence and abuse of power at it's finest
agree completely on the relocation before removal... but i wouldnt of left. what they gonna do lock u up? free heat water sewer electric internet usage etc etc etc
"Mike" sounds like a great catch. Way to go Destiny!
Yeah I saw it too. It's not hard to imagine what became of that baby. Hopefully I'm wrong and everything is better. August 2019
Love to all the homeless people and to those who help them.xx
Truly so sad. One day I’ll purchase a lot and allow the homeless to call it home.
Great in theory but the township will shut you down. I've tried letting someone stay in my back yard and bi-law put the kibosh on that. A local church tried letting some stay on their property and they were shut down too. Big brother has his ways. It's disgusting.
Good luck purchasing without scam
Nice to see there are still compassionate hearts.💖💖
Well, it was hidden until you gave directions and even provided a visual map of it
God bless these people!!
Beautiful humans God bless all of you
GOD IS GREAT! Thank you to all who help the homeless! You will be BLESSED!
How can i donate 1 million dollars to the homeless i really want to help them ..
Thank you. They have dispersed. Some are trying to create a new camp but neighbors are objecting and city would have to rezone.
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***** we will always have a home for them in Oregon if they can find a way to get here we will be happy to find a new place where they can stay for "take notice"
this article will tell you: www.portlandoregon.gov/phb/60643
keep the dame thing a secretwhat iswrong with that ask if they get mail at someones house they are not on welfare the chuch was helping them rigth dont let
government should definitely allow homeless camps on pieces of land to help out the homeless. if they are worried about crime allow police checks and small searches once a week.
The government wants tax dollars that's what the problem is
@@tonyrigo9096 is the only one in this comment section that gets it. If the govt allowed people to live in tents then they would et a lot less property taxes. It's all about taxation. But you have to realize that less taxes leans less welfare, too. So it's a double-edged sword.
I own a chunk of land and no longer can do the up keep on it!!! I would love to have a few of these wonderful people live on my land and help me take care of it!! I can't even get people to help me with it when I offer to pay them!!! I need homeless people!!! I would never make them move it they make my land look cared for!!
Let me understand this: We are the richest country in the world. We can provide shelters for millions of people around the world in catastrophic events: Philippine, Syria.. We also can pay hundred of billions of dollars to rebuild Iraq, Afghanistan. We contribute billions more to shelter animals that were abandoned by their owners. But WE CAN'T HELP OUR FELLOW AMERICAN? Yes, they had issues at beginning with. Yes, they are addicts. Yes they are ex-con. But YES THEY ARE HUMAN BEING. Now what you do better? You evicted them? They dispersed all around your neighbor too. They have to sleep on the concrete and expose to the elements.
They are many thousands and still growing around this country BUT we can't solve this problem??? We can help illegal immigrants. We have law to let them go to school and pay at in state fees, take care of them when they are sick. BUT WE CAN'T HELP LESS THAN A MILLION HOMELESS AMERICAN.
Capitalism does not allow you to stop. You must walk until you die. -
There are many reasons for homelessness but at the root of all of it will also be abuse. Many people are abused and never get psychological help. That kind of help works part of the time. But, we really are our brothers keeper--capitalism doesn’t allow that. Only long distance. Or war for profit interests the powers that be. It’s all appearances; and the increase in people who can’t function is no coincidence..... God is testing us....and we are failing miserably.
Voice9 The powers that be, do not want to help Americans period! Read agenda 21 and people like gates and how they want to depopulate our country-and the world--much written on this--please do your research-it gets worse
Welp that about somes it up so true !. Evil wicked and corrupted and if your not one of them as a officer told me well they just dont want you around them...
Wow this is the state of America ppl are so heartless.
How dare them close down a perfectly ran camp. And then to put up, chain link fences. I don't understand this world. Or the people in it any more.
Why call it homelessness,why not call it alternative living,people need an alternative to the capitalist system.
robert smith Explain
+mark rigsby they had something beutiful and the authorities dont like that,dont like noncomformists
robert smith i get it. they may not have material things but home is where you make it. id upvote you but that still sounds pretty fucking gay.
except they say they don't want it like that, they want homes and just can't find jobs. The authorities consider it not safe
Right ARM... alternative living.
Grit's, hang in there, you're a good son and there's nothing more important than loving your mother this way.
God is going to bless you openly ~ Prayer's for you and momma
I feel for these people, that was pretty heartless booting them like that.
Todays times are very hard specially the older you get I know first hand.
I lost a job of 5 years & have not been able to get much in employment for around 3 years. I was totally unemployed for over 2 years then got 2 jobs, one I was making very low wage the other like double the wage I was planning to cut the low wage job & suddenly was terminated from the higher paying job, terminated for a very lame reason as I was from the other job.
This kind of crap is happening all across this country along with the over flow of illegals who are lowering wage standards being it will be much more than where they come from in most cases. I don't blame them I blame our government for allowing this to be happening. I also blame corporate America for being so greedy they also allow this to happen.
I think people need to leave these people in these tent cities alone & work on solutions to the cause of what is making people create these tent cities bottom line. All they are doing is trying to have a place to live & sleep in this ridiculously bad economy, it is bad I know as I said first hand. I will be losing everything soon if things don't get better soon I can not survive on my current wage & it's only part time, I have been living on retirement wage which is close to gone & I am 48 with no retirement, yea America the land of opportunity what a joke!
For who is what I'd like to know?
Americans need to start banding together again & take back what is rightfully ours this really needs to stop, not one damn American should be jobless or home less unless of course they chose to be.
Jack Black Hang in there, my heart goes out to you. There but by the grace of God go us all. I believe a total collapse is just around the corner, and a lot of people who shun and ridicule you now, will one day be joining you. Maybe then you will be in a position to teach them a thing or two, starting with empathy, humility, and community. Keep on fighting the good fight, I hope you persevere despite your obstacles.
You are very kind, thank you very much.
I do hope some day the right people will rise and teach those who need to be taught. We have to many no it all's that know absolutely nothing and to many who know something and has experienced many things that are un-heard.
"empathy, humility, and community" we are seriously lacking these things as a society. People need to put down the smart phones, ipads and lap tops for a moment to have a look at these things.
Thanks again for your kind words.
+fourscore and sevenyears says as his staring at one of these electronic devices lol apathy at its greatest.
+Luke garrett "Apathy", are you serious? Do you even know what that means dipshit? Staring at what electronic device? A computer, the very same thing you are looking at you moron! Lord the stupidity that dwells among us is incredible.
EVERYSINGLE Human Being in this Video is BEUTIFUL and Should bhe Running our Congress REAL PEOPLE
wow,really opened my eyes. i mean i always "help out" like dollars here & there or change at 7/11 but man i tell u it goes so much deaper than that. to be honest i could be one or two pay checks away from being homeless my damn self. would be nice if they could have subsidised that land for the campers and let the rent vouchers pay for the land.
So sad..
What our country is doing to it's poorest citizens is unconscionable. Social welfare has not been evenly distributed for a long time now. The shit our govt is up to is shady to the max. And lets not even talk about the rich. Most of those people are grossly overpaid and hardly irreplaceable. There is a lot of suffering in the world and more than ever in USA. Makes me sad and mad. Praying for all the dispossessed from Camp Take Notice.
If you want to help, propose and enforce a change in laws which allows for exemptions to insurance, zoning and sanitation laws. Encourage your councils to allow such places, within reason. (For example, well managed and clean "tent cities".)
These places are a stepping stone where there was none, it might just be one step from the bottom, but it is a step. Evicting the homeless, what a sad reflection on our society.
Well said friend
God help us survive this life. Times are bad and I pray more people stand up for what is right. Amen
I'm poor myself but not homeless I'm going to build tiny houses to give away to the homeless if we all could pitch in only few dollars or donate lumber or supplies we can take care all the homeless remember that could be you homeless.. always give thanks to Christ everyday .. message me if you have any more ideas and want to be partner's
Being Homeless Will Be All of Us One Day!!!! They are going to be the One's to Show Us How To Make It!!!! Amen Hallelujah 🙏💗 the Way Things are going in This World !!!!
This is sooo dang Saaaad!!!
I grew up in 3rd world country in the Mountains. Life is poor but there's farm and bananas, rootcrops everywhere. Most of all I have not seen any homeless person. There's bamboo growing everywhere and you can just build it for your shelter. How in the world this is happening to the most Wealthy and powerful country in the World? God Bless these people. Just get your Act together and I think you All will be fine.
because the greed of the government politicians is destroying this country.......
The churches need to do more or pay taxes.
Amen.
Zeljko Trifunovic I hope you never find yourself in the same position. A lot of the homeless are well educated and have fallen on hard times through recession or illness and you no right to judge and be so spiteful.
, I can really relate for that lady. My wife got a slow agonizing death from cancer. Her dog Rosie Doberman never left the bed except to eat and go out to take care of business she stayed with her guarded to keep mr. Death away. Rosie was old she died with her head in my lap I watch the light in her eyes go out I'm about 2 weeks later I found my wife Dad passed on in her sleep. They also went to her son out to me he was nice enough to let me pay for the funeral and pay all the taxes for the year before asking me to leave.
have the greatest respect for these people they are my kind of folk ,thay are the backbone of the USA ,their intelligence is from TOTAL reality!!!! LOVE THEM!!
We should pray for these poor people...it could be any one of us. God be with them.
sad what happened to them people
taking ann arbor off my vacation list
it wasnt city of ann arbor it was state officials from mdot. from the people who dont fix pot holes lol but got a fence up quik...
Well any city like that is off my list
I was one of these folks. My problem was heroin and it took a long time to get my life back together, but it is possible. I feel, the problem with most folks is, they don't want to cut their hair or, get up on time for work or, the job they get feels as though it is beneath them. You can do ANYTHING, the only real question is, how bad do you want it? If you won't cut your hair or get up on time, you don't REALLY want it.
this is how it should be all over looking after each other
Despite all the overwhelming support demonstrated by the community including MDOT who ended up kicking them out what the campers actually needed nobody actually provided. The campers needed somewhere to camp. Who in the community of supporters was willing to allow even one or two campers to camp in their backyard?
Some people don't like Lifes Complications, but to Me, that kind of a life would be Very Complexed and Miserable!
the best part 11:50 ... god bless to all sons and mothers.
Hope and pray you all found help....Our God will help!♥️
So uncalled for right now. How rude for them to do that to all these homeless people too.
Some people rub their hands together in glee just to make people who already have a miserable existence much more painful and depressing. I think we should make these people take an empathy test and if they fail deem them unworthy of home ownership and throw them out onto the streets. This would put the playing field straight.
Great doc ,really enjoyed it.
Great documentary very educational thanks
If you would like to help, you can contact MISSION, the nonprofit group that helps the homeless in Ann Arbor. They are at www.missiona2.org
THIS MORE BETTER THAN THE CITY GOODLUCK AND GODBLESS FOR ALL
Bless thies people my heart goes out to them we could all be in the same boat one day so show some love and respect I’m one court case away from being the same but I at least have some savings and a small mobile I might be able to get prayers for you guys stay strong
All i have to say is this might not be their time but their time is coming they will survive the harshness thats coming but all those living big happy their time about to end for they will not survive tribulation. Id leave this life and join of grid . These ppl need to go far into woods build their homes and farms and not tell anyone of their homes. A community like that will always thrive they all work together to eat and survive that's how it's supposed to be together they know the true social skills but Many Livengood don't know it. Ask ourselves who will be the Survivor. May God bless them.
That is wondrrful how the Christains helped. And the meal at Christmas. God Bless All🙏❤🙋
Nice to see the selflessness of Scott Walker hasn't gone to waste. We will be judged by how we treat the least among us and Michigan is shooting to be that impressive little shining turd on a hill.
A good story. I was glad to see those people have a place to sleep and a supportive community while it lasted for 2 years. When you first become homeless it's a total environmental shock for awhile and then you learn to thrive outside without getting sick too much from the heat and the cold.. Food stamps helped a lot.. Veterans should remember to get free passes at the National and State parks all over America. This is what I did for 2 years and actually loved the wilderness for awhile..
how do people get food stamps don't you need a residence to get them?
My husband and i got out of homelessness through hard work. This really pissed me off, we have never received government assistance, we did scrap metal for money sometimes though. These people get welfare, food stamps, and have benefits at churches for them, while ALL OF THEM DO NOTHING TO GET OFF THE STREETS THEMSELVES. My husband got out of the Army after 10 years and 3 deployments with an honorable discharge. The transition into civilian life was hell. We have a little rental house now, an old truck, and yes we live paycheck to paycheck, but it's our money not a handout.. We consider ourselves the working poor. I do understand how quickly everything can change, i understand what it is like living in a hotel with 3 kids. But we are doing things without any assistance, so it is possible. I personally believe people get comfortable with the assistance, and handouts, so they become lazy.
Bonnie Lee I never once implied everyone is sucking off the system. Yes there are people who need the assistance, and that is what it's in place for. But now more and more people are using the system THE WRONG WAY. My point in my comment is so people know when these homeless people say getting on your feet can't be done, they are full of it. We are proof you can achieve what you want. It might suck for a couple years, but if you put in everything you got, and even if you start on benefits, you can work towards not needing them also. YOU can overcome homelessness, BUT YOU HAVE TO WANT TO, and not depend on handouts from everyone else. You have to want to change yourself, and then you can change your situation. Yes it can happen to anyone, but it's what you do in that moment to change it that matters. Just laying around and doing nothing about your situation IS YOUR FAULT, not for the rest of us to fix. And again yes there are people who need assistance, and i have no problem supporting the handicap, or veterans, people who truly can't work due to legitimate reasons. But the other 75% just using every petty excuse they can think of to not work is BULLSHIT. If you are an alcoholic go to rehab, drug addict go to rehab, you have to TRY. AND YOU CAN'T CHANGE WHAT YOU DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE.
What the hell is wrong with you. And others like you for that matter. Why do you care if poor people homeless people get a little hand out get some food a little bit of Medicine. Do you know how corrupt and fraudulent the system is in the government itself and pretty much almost every business that's somewhat larger and you care about somebody getting some EBT or maybe getting one over on their EBT. It's people like you that goes straight to hell you are no better than anybody else. You just have to look down on people that don't do the things that you do so you can feel better about your nasty ass self. Not to mention you have help and many people don't not everybody has a husband that will provide half of everything for them what would you do if he dumped you.
Living in a hotel ? lol, you wwre not really homeless if u could afford to live in hotel with kids. Techincally maybe but in reality, nope, not a homeless. HOw stupid you have to be for not being able to tell the difference ? .... amazing.
many of these people have serious mental health issues and belong in mental institutions, that are no longer available. Many have criminal backgrounds, hence no one will hire them; many have drugs and substance abuse problems.
Thanks Tony for this post!
I love that you have a fireplace!
I'm glad I'm not American, but, no matter who the homeless is, I'll never, ever forget who I am, or where I come from!
I was so close to being homeless, it isn't even funny... When I see people who need help. I'm there. I don't care what religion, or country your from!!!
Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, 'Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the Devil and his demons! 42 For I was hungry, and you didn't feed me. I was thirsty, and you didn't give me anything to drink. 43 I was a stranger, and you didn't invite me into your home. I was naked, and you gave me no clothing.
My sister and I are about to be homeless. My sister got laid off 6 months ago. Can't find work beyond a stinking 14 an hr. Rent is 1600 plus. All the rents in a safe place are starting at 1600. The United states is losing middle class family's to poverty every day. It's sickening theres no help for people and not enough low income housing. Most illegals take up all the hud living!
A crime, a literal crime to treat a working community of human beings this way..... They just needed a chance. The trees and dirt in that piece of property was not being mis-used, they were being good stewards. The MDOT had no better use for the land.... And wasn't there anyone in that entire town who could have donated some land for a new community?
If THEY WANT TO DO THIS. THEY NEED TO REPLACE WHAT THEY TOOK AWAY. SO CRUEL. THESE PEOPLE CAN NOT HELP IT. RUTHLESS. SO SORRY THEY DID THAT. GOD BLESS
At least give the lucid ones vehicles... that they can drive. Sometimes mobility is all that a person needs. The vehicles would have to come from the government, with maybe special plates... Once they get an apartment, then they have to give the vehicles back.
- People want to build slums to house the homeless - very expensive and face it.. they deteriorate rather rapidly... Then no-one wants to be near or live in them. It's a very 20th century solution.
- A car for a single person. A van for a couple or with a kid or two.
- The government can then give them a weekly allowance for gas, and free vehicle maintenance.
- In cold weather, the gov can provide heat hookups - like how drive-ins used to have speakers.
- It will cost money, but it will be a lot less than building buildings and neighborhoods for them.
Seems like a good group well organized. One thing: a few tents were dilapidated and it would be nice to give these people a decent tent that you can stand up in and walk around inside.
Great job, kudos to The churches. This goes on every day all over the country, but no one ever says the good things churches do for the community.
I Love You All!!!
God bless them xxx🙏❤️
It is now 2020, and I am so curious if you have kept in touch with any of the people of "Camp Take Notice"
Have they ever gotten back together, what has happened to them, including the founder of the camp Caleb Poirier ?
spent all that money on the fence when they could of spent it on apartment building
This has got to be where group morals came from in early man. I know that this isn't the point of this video, but it's an interesting side note. Everyone makes a set of rules, you can get voted out or reinstated. They don't need Jesus, they need to buy a speck of land somewhere and continue this experiment!
To the man that petitioned against this camp...there are drug overdoses and crime EVERYWHERE!!!! I would rather see these relatively clean, self-governed camps than people sleeping on sidewalks. Where else are they supposed to go? There clearly are not enough homeless shelters to meet the need!!
We had a farm owner take about 5 of us in with our motor homes for the winter. We had water, lights & sewer. We could keep our pets. The Town of Brookhaven kicked us out. The owner passed away.
giving the homeless land would be less money for the tax payer as it is 40,000plus a year to jail a person times each year of life opposed to 10,000 for piece of land once.