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by txbluebonnet from Austin, TX

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You would have thought that with the development of the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless (aka, "ARCH") in the past years, it would have helped to have alieviated the need for homeless folks to sleep in obsure places, such as the trash dumpster.  It seems such a senseless death.  What has happend in this society where this 53 year old man has found the need to sleep in a dumpster as indicated in the story of the Austin American Statesman entitled, Police think man found dead in trash truck might have slept in Dumpster Authorities identify victim, think he was homeless???, with all of the different facilities that Austin does have for the homeless.

 

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citymouse read my blog view my photos
Mar 21, 2007 | 11:51 AM

I guess it's up to the homeless person whether he wants to sleep in a dumpster or go to a shelter. I'm guessing a lot of them don't want to go to the shelter for some reason.
And how do they know he wasn't already dead and someone put him in the dumpster?

Wolfgirl04 read my blog
Mar 21, 2007 | 12:01 PM

You really can't make a person do something they don't want too, and that means they have a choice to accept help or not. The homeless who don't want to accept what the city has to offer must accept the conciquences of his/her actions and so to must any family members out of respect for their loved ones. It is a harsh world with no easy answers or solutions.

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txbluebonnet

I am a mother, advocate, avid blogger for years, and about to become a grandma. I have lived in Austin since 1978, excepting for a 9 year hiatus, to which I made sure that I made it back home where my heart is. I am looking forward to exploring the MyFoxAustin.com community and blog site to meet more new people and bounce ideas off of them while continuing to explore the changes (good and bad) in our community.

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