It could be you, it could be me, it could be anybody.
©1993 A Photo Essay by Janet Marcantonio
All sorts of people are homeless here in paradise.
With rents and the cost of living so high and wages so low, it's no wonder so many people find themselves without a house to live in. It's no crime to be without a home, yet many of these harmless people are harassed and harried by people who live in houses and own businesses. Many private property owners, either afraid or disgusted, have the cops move the homeless on.
Who says we have to live in buildings, anyway? We already have too many buildings, most of which are unaffordable to those who have limited income. These people live an alternative way of life. Most that I met chose this way of life. Tough as it me seem, I think it must be liberating to choose to live outside. To test one's sense of survival, one's creativity, one's true oneness with the earth ~ our first real home that we've covered and obstructed with all of our building and roads and parking lots.
Think about it. You
don't have to agree,
just think about it.
One person told me that they don't get arrested for being homeless. They get popped with the open container law and probably for trespassing.
Key West and its weather offer a relatively kind environment to find oneself without shelter.
Yet, with all this construction and planning for a more tourist oriented town, Key West's homeless may actually be considered another one of our endangered species.
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