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I have given a fair amount of thought to the "homeless" lifestyle. I live in south Florida in what till fairly recently has been a quite little "just outside the main tourist zone" village. When I ran an art gallery/pottery shop I got to know quite a few of the local homeless, a few quite well. I realize that a fair amount of homeless folks, almost for sure the great majority, are not choosing this lifestyle. The ones that do choose this lifestyle though, I figure that they have the opportunity to "live" way more than those of us who work 30-50 years to secure a retirement. Hell, even if they die younger due to missing out on some of the healthcare that I purchase, each year they have 2000 hours more time to read, reflect, fish. Well, It is a bit to late for me to consider this option, but I cannot say that the one I chose is the better one.



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