Ask HN (Bay Area homeless in practice): Top 8 places to avoid the rain?

[pacerier]

If when you are [spawned?] homeless in sf or its bay, area of 9 whole counties, where will you go when it rains and rains (and rains)?

Other than bart 5-12 and airport 12-5.

Top 8 places to avoid the rain?

(my start budget or capital: Strictly 25-50, in RSD/cents each 7 weeks)

[saomcomrad56]

Look for covered bus stops.

Like this: https://c8.alamy.com/comp/BNFCNG/san-francisco-muni-bus-stop...

[pacerier → saomcomrad56]

Imho this is one of the Bottom 8 places. Unless there's actually one that's maintained, the hygiene there is worse than bart garage and it won't be dry at all since the heavy rain will get in from the front if not the sides.

[kstenerud]

Probably under the Bay Bridge off ramps on the Oakland side, near Wood Street. It's mostly Caltrans property, but it's easy enough to avoid the patrols. Or better yet Mandela Community Cabins if you can get a spot.

[pacerier → kstenerud]

Interesting. 'went to checkout 3401 Mandela, but they are queue-based so it might take years.

As for Wood Street & WGrande.. the place is rather small and pretty much fully taken. Guys were using trash as a moat to keep people out. At Mandela Pkwy &Fwy it looks quite decent, though it might be too high and the twin pillars are all privated excepting one in the middle of the road which has bad vegetation inbetween. At Hannah &Fwy, getting in might be possible since there's a gap where the end of the fences meet, slanting and opening upwards. At Helen &Fwy, there is a bar removed and if my head can go through then all my items can sequentially. At Louise &Fwy, entry might be possible through the bar at the mouth of the gate since it is bent open at the bottom, or via the 'steps' (stuff lying at the gate) to a defanged area with soft landing. At Hollis &Fwy, although there it is crowded, at the center there is a pretty big opening into the fenced area.

[gregjor]

In practice homeless people don’t “spawn” and probably can’t get around all 9 counties. If you have visited SF and the Bay Area you’d know the answer: everywhere.

The Bay Area doesn’t get a lot of rain. More than LA, a lot less than Portland and Seattle.

[pacerier → gregjor]

- they don't in theory but in practice they do hence Q

- when it rains badly it does rain badly

- bus gets you to all 9 counties uber not needed

"Everywhere" is a non-answer. neither, thus not helpful at all, does it get you any avoid the rain.

[gregjor → pacerier]

I don’t understand the purpose of your question.

Do you intend to help homeless people find shelter? They figured that out from direct experience already: homeless shelters, tents, cars, tunnels and overpasses, under awnings, etc.

Do you intend visiting the area without means to avoid living on the street? Don’t go. You won’t “spawn” there, homelessness isn’t a video game.

[JojoFatsani → gregjor]

It’s pretty obvious to me that OP is struggling

[pacerier → gregjor]

I don't understand the purpose you are posting here. still acting like you live in sf when uhm.. I've candidly implied you frankly don't?

Game? nop, tho true for the careless rich. hence for all else a stage(?)

Purpose of Q is to answer the q doh. Heavy rain will come again as it did. I intend to figure out a better answer than just hiding under the bridge just like a matted dog just waiting for heaven.

If you have to pick (cf </newsguidelines.html#Pick>) on a single 'lulz' word, no less within square brackets and with optional-suffix to justify why one has no answer...

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Yepp. then don't do it twice for it becomes obvious that way.

Back ontopic, I would say more likely many died or gbhed before they figured anything out not that you would less care/want to want/care to know. wdyt?

[gregjor → pacerier]

I can’t understand anything you wrote.

[pacerier → gregjor]

It means bless you.

[slater]

Are you attempting to cosplay as a homeless person in the bay area...?

[pacerier → slater]

nop

[slater → pacerier]

Are you moving to the bay area?

Also, as someone who's been in SF for over 12 years, I can assure you it doesn't "rain and rain and rain"

[pacerier → slater]

- nop. I've been here homeless over 2.5 yrs ago, with less than 20% of the time stepping out of the bay. So you might say I'm cosplaying as a nonhomeless person.

- Actually it rained and rained and rained so much that even mission district was washed clean like they were brand new. I was wet every other day so I know.. but how would you know? Just by keeping the curtains open? It's too easy to miss.

Like which day was the coldest last year? really how would you have the faintest idea I wonder?

[slater → pacerier]

Yeah, fuck me for having a (low-wage) job and living in a house with housemates, I guess?

Still confused what this post is about. If you've been homeless for 2.5 years, the majority of which spent in the bay area, wouldn't you already have had answers to your questions, many times over, before posting here? Or is it just a spring-board to dunking on non-homeless people in the bay area?

bless you.

[pacerier → slater]

?? I was just pissed at @gregjor because he's one of those Homeless-does-not-need-help dudes who need to keep believing that, in order to sleep well at night while refusing to lift a finger to help a homeless, so much so that he came here to do nthn except to say Homeless-does-not-need-help.

> Still confused what this post is about..

See the Q. And no I don't have the top 8 places to avoid the rain. Not even for sf alone, for how would I have that when most of my time is spent on getting food and hygiene, and 9 counties is huge.

[pacerier]

?? I was just pissed at @gregjor because he's one of those Homeless-does-not-need-help dudes who need to keep believing that, in order to sleep well at night while refusing to lift a finger to help a homeless, so much so that he came here to do nthn except to say Homeless-does-not-need-help.

> Still confused what this post is about..

See the Q. And no I don't have the top 8 places to avoid the rain. Not even for sf alone, for how would I have that when most of my time is spent on getting food and hygiene, and 9 counties is huge.

[whatscooking]

Public library, mall, gym

[pacerier → whatscooking]

Any public gyms near the 9 counties?