Homeless or not

Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 - Being Homeless can be a choice

People used to live on the streets for the sake of proximity to the office and for the sake of saving money on transport. They would only go home on weekends. Most of these people used to have informal jobs
There is another case where people would work two jobs or would have two workloads
http://vimeo.com/56135940

Could he afford the rent?
Is it a form of protest?


Reasons for living on the streets
price
freedom to travel - not feeling chained to one place
a romantic rejection
a bout of depression

Sometimes these people go over a tipping point, a point of no return
a tipping point = a dividing line between equilibrium and madness for example
a turning point = a situation that changes a person's life for good

being an environmental nut
a nut = a fanatic
a nut = a mentally deranged person
a nuthouse = a nut farm = a sanitarium

In the beginning of the 20th century, women who had a higher level of education than male members of their family would be put in a nuthouse

period telenovelas or soap operas
period movies

Ex-wives can be the plague of many politicians
We don't need to live on the streets in order to feel free
He lost his north
His wife left him and he just couldn't get over the loss
Homeless people have incredible stories