tldr I ended up homeless for a stretch, most of the other kids do it for them selves, it's easy hang out, get drunk or high what ever you do. Most kids treat it like a vacation. If you don't have an out it's pretty much up to you and luck if you don't want to be homeless.
They always make money, unless they are extremely autistic and can't manage a basic level of hygiene / human interaction skills. I always did well no matter what and only on an extended train ride that I didn't want to get off of would I ever end up going hungry, but I always had dog food as an option but it never came to that.
It costs some thing like 8 dollars a day to eat, less if you eat for free, the worst people are the alcoholics and junkies, they consume until the day they die, amassing any where from 50-500+ dollars a day.
I being a smoker spent 10-20$/month on tobacco, drank coffee about 2-5$/Day along with food being about 0-15$/day and then dog food so another 22 dollars a week for that all coming out to about 372 dollars for a 30 day span, which comes out to about 12.50 bare minimum to make ends meet. That being said every thing I need can be gotten for free, many places and people give out dog food, most local animal places give out dog food, vets will some times exchange work for dog food, people literally pull over and insist that you take food for your dog any pet store is requried to throw away any pet food with damaged packaging. Cigarettes are literally every where, you can go out and gather buts, cut the burnt end off, get the tobacco and reroll it with rolling papers, every where that has food throws food out whether its bad or good, bakeries and pizza places are especially good because of day olds and misorders and if you go in some times the managers will hook you up. The only thing that can't just be found is a cup of coffee.
AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT GUESS WHAT THE FUCK MOTHER FUCKERS. FOODIES, Yes The gov't gives you 200/Month in free food money just for being you, you're also likely to get emergency cash aid another 200-300 a month and then on top of that there is disability which comes out to about 737 dollars a month and you can do it all from the comfort of the drop in center usually.
So you see what I'm saying here is kinda like fuck em' because a vast majority of them are balls, it litterally almost costs nothing if you have low standards theres some alright ones as well, I only like the filled pack, boot wearing, dog feeding, train hopping crowd which is an uber specific homeless demographic as opposed to the vast majority of druggies, alchys and crack whores but none the less some hoboformational post for you goys.
Don't hate them for what they are, Hate them for why they are