My Recent Experience with a Transient

Well, I've actually heard numbers much higher than 25%. In class we learned that it's more like 75%+, but I couldn't quickly find any source on google to verify that, so I stuck with 25% which is what I saw most on google.

Anyway, as far as people being able to get help, that's pretty debateable. Most places that feed homeless people just feed until they run out, and quite often not everyone gets fed. Homeless shelters are also usually filled to the brim and that's usually not really available due to that fact.

I don't claim to know how homeless people feel, because I've never been in the situation, but I would assume it isn't as easy to get out of as some people make it out to be. It's not as simple as "go get a job," because getting a job is pretty hard if you don't have transportation, clean clothes, a place to live, etc, and getting all of those things is pretty hard without a job. Also, pair that stuff with the fact that a lot of homeless people are mentally ill, and they really just don't have much of a chance of getting out of it. I would guess a very large majority of homeless people don't have family to help them out.

I think it's kinda wrong to judge unless you've been on their side of the fence, I guess.