@Lawn
I cry bullshit to the homeless statement, while addiction is a huge part of a lot of homelessness job loss is also tantamount in this economy. The number of people who lost jobs, homes and have been unable to recoup their losses, find new sustainable work in the years since this recession began back in 2008 are astronomical. I’m one who is living the nightmare of this recession, lost it all, work, home and plowed through my lifes savings over a 3 year period trying to stay afloat and find new work in my 50’s. The new face of homelessness includes a huge segment of the previously solvent and stable with no addictions.
My interjection aside, we still make choices and there are plenty of people, who when faced with extreme adversity still do not turn to crime or addiction. I think some of us are just more resilient by nature and that is the determining factor in how hardships are handled.