I've seen a number of posts asking why these laid off dotcommers who are living in homeless shelters in the high rent districts don't just move back to Kansas or where-ever.
The problem with that is that moving costs money. A fair bit of it, expecially if you are moving long distances. Between deposits and first-month-rent on a new apartment, set up fees for phones and utilities, and U-hauls and the like, moving can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars. And if you are living in a homeless shelter, you probably don't have that kind of cash on hand.
While I question the wisdom of those who were making large amounts of money and didn't save enough to weather thier crisis, or didn't "stoop" to getting a retail or foodservice position (speaks one who works in retail and foodservice at the moment) before they ended up on the streets, once there, simply packing up and moving to some place where rent is cheaper isn't always an option.
At least where I came from, the D.A.R.E. program was used in elemetry school, and nothing was really used in older grades. I found that, while everyone in 5th grade vowed never to do drugs, by the time they got to high school or whatever, they had forgotten that vow. Basically, it was effective in the short term, but not in the long term.
Of course, the question wasn't asked if the D.A.R.E. program is a good idea... frankly, it is probably made less effective by the fact that it presents misinformation... if someone has friends who smoke pot, and they find out that it won't necessarly ruin your life, they may discount the entire D.A.R.E. message.
Eliza
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The problem with that is that moving costs money. A fair bit of it, expecially if you are moving long distances. Between deposits and first-month-rent on a new apartment, set up fees for phones and utilities, and U-hauls and the like, moving can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars. And if you are living in a homeless shelter, you probably don't have that kind of cash on hand.
While I question the wisdom of those who were making large amounts of money and didn't save enough to weather thier crisis, or didn't "stoop" to getting a retail or foodservice position (speaks one who works in retail and foodservice at the moment) before they ended up on the streets, once there, simply packing up and moving to some place where rent is cheaper isn't always an option.
Eliza
At least where I came from, the D.A.R.E. program was used in elemetry school, and nothing was really used in older grades. I found that, while everyone in 5th grade vowed never to do drugs, by the time they got to high school or whatever, they had forgotten that vow. Basically, it was effective in the short term, but not in the long term. Of course, the question wasn't asked if the D.A.R.E. program is a good idea... frankly, it is probably made less effective by the fact that it presents misinformation... if someone has friends who smoke pot, and they find out that it won't necessarly ruin your life, they may discount the entire D.A.R.E. message. Eliza