08-03-2013, 02:57 AM
I dont know what is going to happen in this country with all the masses of people who are effectively unemployed. I imagine this is contributing to the vagrancy problem. I know it is probably only a small percentage of people who decide that "I am no longer going to couch surf at my parents' house- and would rather head to Hawaii to take a chance, and maybe end up homeless", but even that amount is huge. Thirty six percent of 18-31 yr olds are still living at their parents' houses. Some of them are just getting completely "fedup" with the job situation (not enough to go around and not paying enough to live on).