Thursday, February 2, 2012
My first thoughts when I think of Arcata is a nice, homely town with lots of small businesses that help the multitudes of college students all over. But besides the fact that there is a college nearby, one thinks of Arcata as very isolated and certainly not the kind of place many homeless people would choose to stay, considering one thinks of homeless as generally preferring to reside in the big cities. However despite this, Arcata is still full of homeless people. One can hardly walk into the plaza without passing at least one group of homeless people, and even if someone did manage that they would certainly find many homeless people in the plaza itself. In my experience when people ask questions about homeless people they often wonder what their past background was, if they got an education and if they did was it not enough or did they make a mistake and end up homeless. However no one ever seems to wonder about their families. It is my intension to learn about the homeless people’s family, for example did they just loose touch, or are they still together and supporting each other. Who they are and what they are like.
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The topic of homeless people is one that is very interesting and can vary in many different ways. The story of homeless people is similar as well as very different. Analyzing the reason for the congregation of homeless people is also an important topic. Its something that city officials try to understand and deter all the time.
ReplyDeleteThis is great I really can't to read more later on because this topic is so looked past these days. People these days just sort of avoid contact with homeless people and refrain from even giving them change. If people just took the time to even get to know the stories these people had to tell maybe they would have a different outlook on homeless people. Living in Arcata we are really exposed to homeless people especially in the plaza. I would encourage to talk to the people of the plaza who are not homeless and see how they feel, then interview a few of those who live in the plaza and listen to their stories, they have great ones. I hope you are successful in demystifying homelessness.
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