Reply #1: I remember that in 1979, the only homeless people I ever saw

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were a few alcoholic men, and even they generally had rooming house rooms to go to at least part of the time.

By 1982, we were seeing sober men and entire families, and we were being told that they were lazy and they wanted to live on the street and that this was their choice of lifestyle. In Boston. In winter.

This is my main memory of those dreadful years. A lesser memory is seeing face on the TV, telling us outrageous lies, and wondering why nobody else seemed to notice.