More context on Tyler, he was probably in his late 20s, light skinned, huge stoner, and had like 3 or 4 kids. The skatepark he was staying in was in an urban area, and connected to a community center that had some programs he could have (and probably had) been using.
Before he got kicked out, he was at the skate park ALL of the time. He wasn’t in college, and had no job and no money. He would ask to bum weed off of everybody all the time, even from strangers. Which isn’t crazy weird for skaters, but not cool. Essentially living like a beach bum, living off the kindness of others so he could skate all day, PRIOR to losing his living situation.
The craziest part in my opinion was what he said AFTER we heard him get kicked out over the phone. We asked him what his plan is, and where he’s gonna go. Tyler said:
“I could move in with my parents [in a town like 40 minutes away] but then I wouldn’t be able to get to the skatepark”
Maybe he was lying about the reason. To me, he seemed totally real when he said this shit. Homie chose not to have shelter because he wanted to skate.
Anyway, this was in a decent area with (imo) good options for public transport. $4.25 for a ticket that will get you almost anywhere in the state by overground train, bus, metro, or rail all day. I’m not religious, but there’s an absolute TON of churches offering services to help him that he denied rides to when I asked.
He wasn’t lactose intolerant himself, but sometimes he’d share the dozen taco box we got him with other skaters, and he was worried they might be lactose intolerant. Which is decent, but c’mon dude.
More context on Tyler, he was probably in his late 20s, light skinned, huge stoner, and had like 3 or 4 kids. The skatepark he was staying in was in an urban area, and connected to a community center that had some programs he could have (and probably had) been using.
Before he got kicked out, he was at the skate park ALL of the time. He wasn’t in college, and had no job and no money. He would ask to bum weed off of everybody all the time, even from strangers. Which isn’t crazy weird for skaters, but not cool. Essentially living like a beach bum, living off the kindness of others so he could skate all day, PRIOR to losing his living situation.
The craziest part in my opinion was what he said AFTER we heard him get kicked out over the phone. We asked him what his plan is, and where he’s gonna go. Tyler said:
Maybe he was lying about the reason. To me, he seemed totally real when he said this shit. Homie chose not to have shelter because he wanted to skate.
Anyway, this was in a decent area with (imo) good options for public transport. $4.25 for a ticket that will get you almost anywhere in the state by overground train, bus, metro, or rail all day. I’m not religious, but there’s an absolute TON of churches offering services to help him that he denied rides to when I asked.
He wasn’t lactose intolerant himself, but sometimes he’d share the dozen taco box we got him with other skaters, and he was worried they might be lactose intolerant. Which is decent, but c’mon dude.