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- kerbe6, on 07/12/2009, -1/+38You know that blast of heat you feel when you open your oven door? That's what it's like every time you get out of your car in Phoenix.
- earthtoandy, on 07/12/2009, -6/+36Phoenix is a death hole. If you want to feel like everyday is a struggle against death come here.
I'd love to meet the ***** who was walking across the country, got to this place and though "Perfect! This is it!." ***** that guy.
I hate this place. And so do 89.7% of the people who live here. The rest have sun stroke and are just confused. - asgardshill, on 07/12/2009, -2/+26FTA:
"Sheffield (a homeless person; ed.), the man with the big smile, is considering his future in Phoenix. He's from Atlanta, and this weather doesn't suit him. When his disability check arrives in August, he'll head north.
"Hopefully, I'll be gone by the 1st," he says. "I'm getting out of here. I'm going plane style!""
Sir, you are homeless and cannot afford to "go plane style". Take the bus or hitchhike out of there. - inactive, on 07/12/2009, -1/+18I never understood why more homeless people don't just migrate seasonally.
- andy9590, on 07/12/2009, -1/+16New Delhi, India has temperatures souring over 43 degree Celsius with humidity around 85% around this time of the year. To make matters worse, the city is plagued with rampant power cuts lasting 5-8 hours sometimes. And if you think you can sit your ass under an A/c all day, then get ready to get shunned in the balls by a whopping power bill. If you think that Phoenix is a hell hole, then come down here to know how a ***** pot boiler feels like.
- asgardshill, on 07/12/2009, -2/+16Same here. Who in their right mind would stay in Phoenix during the summer if they didn't have an A/C to hunker down under?
But then again, some of the homeless aren't exactly known for making good choices, so I guess this behavior is par for the course for some. - BREZZZ, on 07/12/2009, -2/+15You should hear his solution for starvation.
- pszajna, on 07/12/2009, -1/+14... brilliant
- desertd0g, on 07/12/2009, -5/+18Dude, if you hate it here - leave, and take the rest of the people who keep moving here with you. I was born here, I like it here. It is the rest of the idiots that keep moving here and screwing things up for the rest of us.
I don't understand why you would stay if you hate it here. Find a job somewhere else and leave.
Thanks!! - buyingastairway, on 07/12/2009, -2/+14You're f*cking homeless, migrate to a colder state!
- brad3378, on 07/12/2009, -1/+11In my experience, the bright sunlight in Phoenix is worse than the heat.
Forgetting to wear sunglasses in Phoenix is practically guaranteed to give you a headache from squinting your eye muscles. - inactive, on 07/12/2009, -0/+9Phoenix is a ***** heat island. All the concrete and traffic there helps insulate it.
- DarkenKO, on 07/12/2009, -1/+10with their fists?
- yomamaisfat, on 07/12/2009, -1/+10What's with the anti-Phoenix comments? I like it here- it has it's good and bad.
- ParticleMan420, on 07/12/2009, -1/+10or into your car, or open your front door....
- Snarfy, on 07/12/2009, -2/+11Love it or leave it.
- Murrabbit, on 07/12/2009, -1/+10Phoenix resident here - it's not just the Homeless that are at great risk but also lots of day laborers and construction workers - doesn't a summer go by that some poor bastard paving a parking lot or the like winds up actually being cooked alive on the job.
- smacksaw, on 07/12/2009, -0/+9The problem is all of the people who moved to California, then decided that Phoenix was a more affordable alternative.
None of that area should have anything close to the current population it has. Why in the hell do we insist on populating the desert? It's like Manifest Destiny II: The Retardation - cheddaro, on 07/12/2009, -2/+10A lot of homeless people actually do migrate. The smarter ones anyway.
Natural selection would take care of the rest if people would stop giving them money/attention. - ar1c3, on 07/12/2009, -3/+11California is nice to the homeless!
- yocouchdigga, on 07/12/2009, -0/+8the winters are really nice though...
- DaDrake, on 07/12/2009, -1/+8...simply don't know how to deal with the heat?
You are talking about a population plagued with mental illnesses. No ***** they are having a tough time adjusting. That is why its important for people to recognize the problem and take some low-cost simply solutions to at least alleviate a few of the unnecessary deaths. - yocouchdigga, on 07/12/2009, -1/+8"Phoenix isn't really that hot."
You lost all credibility. - MonkeyFarts, on 07/12/2009, -0/+6Um, yeah, maybe you missed the AT NIGHT part.
During the day, we're talking highs of 110F (43C) to 115F (46C) on a regular basis, and sometimes even reaching as high as 120F (49C).
If you're going to call that "hardly hot," I'm going to call you a moron. - Megatronz, on 07/12/2009, -0/+6I'm not even homeless and this heat feels like it's going to kill me. Especially when I first get into my car.
- Hillsfar, on 07/12/2009, -2/+8Remember they may also have to walk miles from one place to chill out during the day, to another place to settle down for the night in a first-come, first-served limited beds shelter. Also remember that malls and libraries tend to notice the homeless (they usually carry all their possessions with them, they have limited opportunities for hygiene - and send the rent-a-cops or staff or regular cops over to harass them away. Things are very different without a car. Jobs suddenly become difficult to get to without a really good, non-flakin' friend or a convenient bus route nearby.
Yes, if they have poor health conditions or if they are mentally ill, it's gonna suck even more. - emkaysmith, on 07/12/2009, -0/+5Don't be so freaking smug. If you had volunteered at a soup kitchen in the past year or two, you would have discovered just how many of those people in line are the "newly homeless." People whose jobs have disappeared, who lost their homes because they couldn't make the mortgage payments, who are having no luck finding a job other than at minimum wage that doesn't pay them enough to get their family off the street. It's a steadily growing number.
We'll keep your disparagement in mind when you join those who have to sleep in their cars. - Totenkopf88, on 07/12/2009, -1/+7And Houston. *****.
- kameto, on 07/12/2009, -0/+5califor-nya-nya, super cool to the homeless
- dandaman0345, on 07/12/2009, -0/+5people aren't usually prone to give rides to homeless people, and that is a long way to walk without food or water...luckily if I'm ever homeless I'll be able to use all those skills I learned from the discovery channel
- byoung2, on 07/12/2009, -0/+4Sir, you are homeless and cannot afford to "go plane style".
The article said "when his disability check arrives..."
The check should cover the plane ticket. A one-way ticked on Southwest might be $39 - trezegol, on 07/12/2009, -0/+4and I usually complain cause I have no A/C in my car. I feel bad now :(
- inactive, on 07/12/2009, -0/+4You first.
- Tehrab, on 07/12/2009, -2/+6Or just move to San Diego where it is basically Spring year round.
- Barackalypse, on 07/12/2009, -2/+6Ironically Phoenix has more vacant houses than homeless people thanks to the housing market implosion and rampant speculative building.
- DaDrake, on 07/12/2009, -0/+4You should write a self-help book.
- MonkeyFarts, on 07/12/2009, -0/+4I can't tell if you're actually making a serious suggestion or not.
I mean, are you being serious? Or am I just not catching the sarcasm? - JAXXXON, on 07/12/2009, -0/+3It was 110 here earlier, and it's 100 outside now. If it went down more at night it'd be nice...
- thewonster, on 07/12/2009, -0/+3Considering Phoenix has one of the highest homeless rates in the country, if not the highest. It is a huge problem and needs to be fixed, *****.
- inactive, on 07/12/2009, -3/+6Whatever you do, don't give them change!
Cause then they'll never leave - wiirdo, on 07/12/2009, -0/+3If you're going to be homeless, might as well be homeless in a nice place. Doesn't cost any more to be homeless in Huntington Beach than in Phoenix or some other crappy weather area.
- Snarfy, on 07/12/2009, -0/+3They migrate to Phoenix in the winter because they can sleep outside on the ground and not die. The smart ones migrate back out in the summer.
- Hillsfar, on 07/12/2009, -3/+6@!asgardshill:
I think you typed your words before really thinking. Have you actually priced out Greyhound bus tickets? Just going from Phoenix to Atlanta can be $160 to $200 for a one way ticket.
http://www.greyhound.com/
A one-way plane ticket can be cheaper than a one-way Greyhound bus fare. Especially considering it gets you somewhere in a few hours with maybe a bag of peanuts or crackers and some soda, versus having to also find food and water for the 37 hour trip. - asgardshill, on 07/12/2009, -1/+4@Hillsfar: Your argument is the definition of reductio ad absurdum. Is it wise to starve one's self to death or die of heatstroke on a hot sidewalk because you're holding out for a First Class ticket on American Airlines to your venue of choice with a stretch limo ride to the airport?
You are correct in that some people do indeed think that way. Hell, I think about taking the 3-month World Cruise in Queen's Grill accommodations on the Queen Mary 2 from time to time, but that doesn't mean that I would turn my nose up at a 7-day cruise in an inboard cabin on Carnival to Jamaica if it were offered to me. Again, it simply illustrates more bad decision-making on the part of this particular homeless person.
"I'm getting out of here. I'm going plane style!"
Go in a style you can afford and one that will get you out of your life-threatening situation but still allow you to EAT, homeless person. - Hillsfar, on 07/12/2009, -4/+7Already have one. I'm just trying to say that not everyone has the frickin' opportunities you and I may have and it's ludicrous to make assumptions.
- truncatedcone, on 07/12/2009, -0/+3My fantasies of finally having a beach in Arizona were so farfetched until I read this comment. I'm holding my breath until another Ice Age happens.
- HeliumHigh, on 07/12/2009, -1/+4I live in AZ, right close to phx. Just to let you guys get an understanding of what it is like: Google says it is currently 98*. Guess what time it is? 4:09am. The sad thing is that I'm happy we got back under 100!
And if anyone wants to call BS, I have the links to prove it. - smacksaw, on 07/12/2009, -0/+3Well, we all know how Prop 187 worked out the last time they tried to reform those benefits.
- tbhurst, on 07/12/2009, -2/+5Seems like everyone would battle the summer heat in Phoenix.
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