No man I hear you about the homeless who have potential like yourself. Homelessness is a huge trap. I mean I feel like simply providing showers and some sort of basic amenities to help the homeless who are trying to work their way out of it would help enourmously.
But these homeless programs that just keep the homeless subsisting are better than nothing but sill aren't helping the ones who could escape.
I only went to homeless services when I was truly destitute for basically the first six months. If I can find another solution, I do. Most homeless services are incredibly crappy and often counterproductive.
I'm with you. I've been homeless before. I would never use a shelter. But if there had been free showers I would have used them lol. I had to use the shower bus riding around SF. Also, if there had been free toothpaste and soap that would have been nice.
Sorry, I mistook your original query. It was amongst a bunch of such comments and some seemed to not be getting made in good faith.
The super short version is that I don't want to live in a van because I no longer drive due to my medical condition. There are other factors, but that's a big one.
But these homeless programs that just keep the homeless subsisting are better than nothing but sill aren't helping the ones who could escape.