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Homeless c.
The Mission allows three free
days, after which it is $5 per night
for a maximum of 30 days. The
Salvation Army allows up to 15
days, but only in special circumstances.
The men said the two
Other shelters in the Columbia
area, His Place and Providence
House, are too far out of town and
have even stricter policies.
"You figure, if they wanted to
help people get back on their feet,
they would make it easy to hold a
job," Smith said.
Other problems in finding a job
surface, Rob said. "When you go
for a job, if they see Salvation
Army as an address, a lot of times
they say, 'Oh, well we're not hiring
now,'" he said.
The problems do not end once
you have enough money to get a
place. "A lot of people don't want
to rent you a place when they
know you're homeless," Rob said.
"They think that you're going to
lose your job and never pay the
rent."
As they walked by, Dennis and
Yogi gave loud greetings to passing
people. The sight of them
clearly made people uneasy. As
the day wore on and the men filled
on MD 20/20 wine, they grew
more boisterous. It was as if they
wanted people to confront their si
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in the faces of those who
have homes, they seemed to revel
in peoples' disgust. They found usable
cigarette butts on the ground,
scavanged for a good morsel of
food, and came across a plastic
bag with two hot dogs in it. Yogi
quickly picked it up and gave one
to Dennis.
At first I was repulsed, but when
Dennis offered part of it to me, I
felt obliged to see what made it so
special to them. It tasted just like
the hot dog that I had the day
before.
Yogi and Dennis embody what
Phipps calls the career homeless.
Unlike Rob, they will be homeless
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on and off for their entire lives,
and they want our pity as little as
they deserve it
"The reason most of these peo- I
pie are homeless is because drink- |
ing took apart their lives," said Jer- g
ome Armstrong, director of the 1
Lexington Richland Alcohol and |
Drug Abuse Council.
Terry, a resident of 12 years in I
the woods around Columbia, is j
also homeless. "You don't know I
how it is until you get out here, J
and you cry every morning." he I
said. "All you do is wake up and |
hope it's different. You hope 1
somebody helps you. They don't 1
know they could be in the same si- |
tuation," he said.
Terry tried to wipe the tears
from his face with his hands
which, like Yogi's, showed the
clear signs of cirrhosis. Terry said
the police took him to the hospital
the night before because he was
vomiting blood.
"You drink, drink, drink," Terry
said. "You drink to survive, on
account of the sugar in it
"I've been here 12 years and it's
killing me. But it's just a matter of
time. Out on the street, it's just a
matter of time.
"When you're out on the streets,
you're left alone and your mind
feels better," he said. "It's security
? security of being alone. You
can run from your problems. But
then, sometime you gotta face
them."
Yogi and Dennis went back to
meet Rob, and I offered them
some money for their time, but
they refused out of what I assumed
was pride. Later, they took me up
(Hi my offer. They returned with a
bottle of red wine called The Bull
of the Woods.
Editor's Note: Todd Venezia
spent seven hours interviewing
homeless people in the Columbia
area on Oct 19 to compile the in- I
formation for this article.
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