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How American Homeless Stay Wired
theodp writes "San Franciscan Charles Pitts has accounts on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. He runs a Yahoo forum, reads news online and keeps in touch with friends via email. Nothing unusual, right? Except Pitts has been homeless for two years and manages this digital lifestyle from his residence under a highway bridge. Thanks to cheap computers, free Internet access and sheer determination, the WSJ reports that being homeless isn't stopping some from staying wired. 'You don't need a TV. You don't need a radio. You don't even need a newspaper,' says Pitts. 'But you need the Internet.'"
Is anyone else surprised he's in San Francisco, the all-welcoming liberal home for the homeless?
Harry Chapin was a lame folk singer. Who gives a flying fuck what he said? I'm really tired of preachy musicians who know little more than the next guy, but get to speak more loudly because of unrelated fame. cf. Bono, Sting, everyone from the 60s, etc.
I just got back from a 3rd world country... now that's real fucking homeless people. I could barely get wifi in my hotel room, yet this homeless faggot steals it from under a bridge using a laptop?