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former9thward

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15. I know no one who lives "paycheck to paycheck".

Reply to Javaman (Reply #10)

Mon Jun 10, 2019, 03:27 PM

Jun 2019

And no I don't live in some rich area. I live in a 90% Hispanic working person neighborhood of Chicago. I am not saying that no one is in that situation but it is not common among people who work. No one is going to pay "high medical bills" to the detriment of their housing. Bankruptcy will not cost you your housing. There is so much misinformation out there.

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Invisible People report- "My first night homeless" [View all] Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2019 OP

. Achilleaze Jun 2019 #1

There but for some good luck go I Farmer-Rick Jun 2019 #2

Why did he "suddenly land on bankrupt"? former9thward Jun 2019 #3

no job, no money, no housing (soon enough) nt Baltimike Jun 2019 #4

He does not say that at the link. former9thward Jun 2019 #5

The website focuses on the homelessness, not the how i got here aspect of it. irisblue Jun 2019 #7

"How I got there" is the most relevent fact. former9thward Jun 2019 #8

most people in this country don't save or have investments and live paycheck to paycheck... Javaman Jun 2019 #10

I know no one who lives "paycheck to paycheck". former9thward Jun 2019 #15

believe what you want, I go with facts and stats... Javaman Jun 2019 #16

Let me do a typical situation. former9thward Jun 2019 #17

okay, so you would rather believe yourself than a Harvard research paper. Javaman Jun 2019 #18

Just as many people thing "they should just move..." LanternWaste Jun 2019 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author irisblue Jun 2019 #6

That has to be one of the worst things that can happen to a person DFW Jun 2019 #9

It doesn't seem as though anyone here gets it Cartoonist Jun 2019 #12

THIS. n/t OneGrassRoot Jun 2019 #13

Thank you. Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2019 #14