Homelessness is a sad thing to be reminded of in a society that demands conformity. So many different reasons why homeless exists, but at the end of the day we all live to the best of our ability. Sometimes our best is not enough to keep up, not because some people are lazy or worthless, but because a lot of roads all have ditches.

I've personally witnessed the "not in my backyard" reaction people have to helping the homeless in my hometown. There is a men's shelter that has taken years to open in my town because a lot of neighbors nearby fought it, and it eventually ended up opening and the red tape disappeared when a homeless man last winter burned alive while living in a friends minivan, having fallen asleep with a lamp burning for heat which fell over and lit the inside on fire. But even then, a year later the red tape is right back up. people forget easily the tragedy of those society cannot or will not help. It's not something you can get rid of forever, you can only have compassion, or not.