A tiny, makeshift loft -- complete with a window -- has been built almost like a bird's nest under the eaves of a bridge in Concord. John Ramos reports. (3/27/17)
I live about a mile away from this bridge, used to ride my dirtbike on that trail, never thought I’d be passing someone’s home. Always be grateful for what you have as life can change in a heartbeat.
That is the point of having homelessness. It makes it clear to the working class, that they are more than 1 step out of line from being homeless. It creates obedient workers.
@@UNDDK24 homeless people aren’t paying taxes into their local municipality… “they” have nothing to gain by “making” people homeless lol the world is driven by money
@@benconnelly646 They do, I am refering to business owners, not the state. To the business class, homeless people can serve as a motivator to the working class, as to what happens if they step out of line. It is a way to keep people in check. It is true that too many homeless people can be a burden for the business class, but they can also be a tool.
"They lost the very little they had because of a news publication. So we showed up to exploit and make their situation worse by putting them on our news network too... back to you greg"
@General YeahYeah for the ones who built it, the only people who would get harmed are people in it or someone dumb enough to be under it. The city the bridge and hell even the ground would be perfectly fine if it broke and fell with people in it
Homeless are the trash problem, all homeless camps is a god damn disgrace and a trash dump, one bum in a city park can trash half of it in 2 hrs they have absolutely no respect for anything or anyone ✅✅
Shelters suck, and homeless people frequently abuse other homeless people. I’ve been homeless before, and I speak from experience. In order to not get the “homeless person” stigma, I kept myself clean, got a job, avoided other homeless people, and lived in my car. People will be more likely to help you if you are not unkempt. That said, I hoped everything worked out for all of those people, as everyone deserves a home.
Somexs ppl r broken. And somexs ppl become a product of that. "perhaps reunite then w/ their fam." If that's what she said, fool, they prob can't! & I've been too. But if I got prideful & egotistical, I'd rather use those qualities for where they count. But id be lying if ppl who walked up to me asking for hand outs didn't make me mad. I'm def not more bishy than the next. I'm more empathetic, in fact. But even w/ that said, break the mold. *or the mold set out for you. I once saw some ppl saying they needed money for diapers. I've seen more than once, families asking for things. & I'm not sure if that's a gimmick. But what I am sure of, is there's def assistance for those type things. Idkw ppl don't tell them these things. Usually I'm on the traveling go when I see these types tho
Thats absolutely correct. Thats the real reason the homeless are looked down upon. No money to give the city? They'd rather see them dead. Phuck governments.
TheGodParticle exactly! We're all slaves . Cant escape the grind. Shit.. even suicide is illegal lol they need each and everyone of us until the very last bit of pulp is squeezed out of us
TheGodParticle / They give these people real options but they re not interested. He was offered a place out of the weather but both the man and the women turned away help.
What kind of question is "did you think you'd end up like this?" What kind of answer do they expect?! "Ya I always knew I was going to be homeless and I'm happy I fulfilled my dreams."
What a dickhead. As an ex homeless person, that kinda question is like asking a cancer patient "bet those cigaretteswere worth it now, huh?" Its like, if i knew thats where I was going, I wouldn't have screwed around as much
They're robots and have zero empathy or compassion they just care about breaking a news story. Scumbag reporter i have waaay more respect for the homeless gentleman then the jackass behind the microphone.
i had a friend who told me he lived under a bridge in new Orleans for three years. He was a vet, black and gay, and an addict. He was spiritually sick. When he finally got into AA, he got sober, and within five years was up and running, had purchased a house, had a car and a relationship and was involved in AA and a church. More importantly, he was living happy, joyous and free.
@@organizedchaos4559 Let me take a wild guess... You watch CNN almost "religiously" You hate Trump Because the media said so and last but not least id bet my left nut you wear a face mask everywhere you go oh and you Think Socialism/ Communism is Uthopia. Id bet money that at least 2 of these you beileve with everything you habe in you.
I was a homeless heroine attic for years and I built this exact same loft Mine was not as wide But the bridge was built exactly the same way the columns were just closer together I used the metal posts from street signs from street signs And I covered the front with chain link I could literally lock the door .
the key is to build hidden and out of sight... i have converted an abandoned war shelter for my friend who become homeless... The entrance was through a metro vent... he lived there quite comfortably for years until he got a job again...
Nah doesn't work that way...they were offered bed at the centers they refused...you have to understand that their loft could affect the integrity of the bridge we don't know how many wholes the made on the post and beams of the bridge just to create that loft
@@rodolfodiero826 well if I had to guess none at all becuase they're homeless and don't have 400$ to spend on a cordless hammer drill, and second to me it looks like they literally just laid their 2x material inside the bays. Anybody with even a basic understanding of engineering knows it's not affecting anything at all. 😂
@@rodolfodiero826 they weren't offered a bed. What do you this this is, Switzerland? People in the US don't have shelters to go to, just concrete boxes with one giant floor, and its a year and a half wait for a spot at the minimum (I got on my feet after 2 years of being homeless since 2019, and I only got accepted into my local shelter after I had already gotten an apartment) as much as you'd like to believe that the world's cares enough to help, they don't. If they did, there wouldn't be homeless people at all, they'd have a place
@@samfazers8818 local salvation army near me is completely free, they only have so many spots available and it's for extreme weather but they also offer breakfast and lunch for free. I would know. I utilized those services myself when I was homeless
So, a homeless guy shows some innovation and creates a home inside an unused public structure, and the damn government intervenes for no reason? Typical.
Felix Blackwood - Until the bridge infrastructure gives out and they are crushed in the rubble. Then it ll be “Those poor people - someone should have helped them!” And every relative that didn t care enough will come crawling out of the woodwork to sue everybody involved that let them live under that bridge.
Kathleen Overton: That is one shitty bridge if it collapses partially because someone shoved some scavenged wooden pallet parts under it. Now, if every homeless person in that vicinity decides that they want to help found a tree house city under that same overpass, then maybe that might happen. Also, it's not as easy to bring a wrongful death suit against a city government as you seem to think, especially by fourth cousins or the like.
Felix Blackwood Not even sure what you mean by fourth cousins. And I never said they shack would compromise the bridge. I said if the infrastructure collapsed. And before you think that s far off the cuff - right in my town that exactly happened as a tractor trailer truck was driving over a bridge here causing the truck to go off the side killing the driver. And still there’s all the garbage they just throw around under there and a question still remains of where exactly do they go to the bathroom. My daughter lives in LA and she tells me that they just squat wherever even on public sidewalks and parking lots. Pretty gross and a health hazard.
It's society's fault? I'm homeless because of drugs and every single person in Portland Oregon is homeless due to drugs or mental health there's maybe a handful of people who don't fall into those categories out here. Your first statement was very nice and thoughtful but, you're wrong my friend.
@@arsek503 I have 37 likes on this comment that agrees with what i say so no im not wrong.I live in this society too and i know very well what the system we live in is like.
A good way to look at it is when people ask you about the homeless problem you tell them it's a society problem and I am a member of society so it is my problem and or our problem to see if they agree with you,, usually that's such a mind blower for the straight lace the Democrat they can't handle it and will not want a relationship with you after that
"Did you think you'd end up like this?" - oh, most definitely, it's been a dream of mine since I was a kid to be living under a bridge, homeless. What a stupid f-ING question
@@persistentapparartionkitty5830 that sucks worse. Here in U.S. of America, we don't use a Queen or King because the land here is for us people, not that one person leading this land us people. Even with that Freedom we have, there are still rules that illegally override parts of that freedom because those rules were made Legal by those who own so much land to get to Make Up these rules that bend our individual free will. It's all a game of gang relations on a professional level, qnd it doesn't apply to me. Lol
Would you be okay if somebody was making a pallet home next to you? Everybody feels sorry for the homeless until the homeless are in their front yard. Every one of us taxpayers are paying every time these cities and counties have to make sweeps of homeless camps, pick up and discard the tons of garbage left behind. If you guys are okay with paying for all of this, then by all means, keep blaming the government, that news reporter and anybody else who is "so mean" to the homeless.
@@gatoloco4217 I don't think that applies here because this man was living up under a bridge and out of sight. Anyone who pays Rent is homeless just temporarily not. And if you own a home do you pay taxes on it every year? Is it really ever your's? Why not get a big RV and really be free? Then there's no stupid yard to worry about another human trying to survive on it. Simply just move and don't live in heavily crowded areas? Peace would then be truly available. Quality of Life is Not about having a job and paying bills to have quality of life.
@@gatoloco4217 But I also do agree with the trash part because being homeless is zero excuse for not using a trash can. I was homeless once, still am technically, but when I legitimately was on the streets I still used a trash can because I see Earth as my home so the ground is like the floor where trash does not go. Just wish more people would see it that way, at least.
@@coincollectorchase No doubt no matter the situation, I see trash on the ground literally 4 ft from a trash can. The snow just melted fn trash everywhere. Need gloves or something nobody else will do it.
When homeless create little houses for themselves they always make one mistake. Piles of garbage strewn all over which is an eyesore and that offends the average citizen and it becomes the authorities obligation to clean it up. If they were tidy and discrete it most likely would not cause a problem. Out of sight out of mind so to speak.
Californians: I'm tired of seeing homeless in our streets and in constant view Also Californians: I'm tired of homeless living in the shadows. I mean the audacity of these people using our bridges as homes
It must suck for you to be in yer house,. While the homeless are in site.... How could you possibly sleep at night knowing that we are sleeping out there.......homeless isn't the problem,. It is the winhnut mentally ill be causing all the rukus. Be well and just remember..... You are. A few bad choices from being where I am.
@Joshua Wassenaar you guys need to lay off the farts it's messing with your brain I hate how the smug people of california treat the poor/homeless I thought it was obvious from my sarcastic comment but I guess I was wrong
@Joshua Wassenaar actually bassed on the likes to dislike ratio on my comment alot 100+ folks got the joke 2 of you didnt and came crying to me about being "heartless"
That's a good idea man....we have a nice river nearby and used to make lovely cubbies as kids there...but if you lived there on condition that you cleaned it and rubbish picked as a council job or something...it could be a perfect way out for some...
Why would anyone care if someone did this? The dude isn't hurting anyone and it's not like everyday people walk under the bridge. Just leave him be and let him alone. But oh hey, lets kick them while they're already down cause that makes perfect sense.
I’ve been homeless before. No helping hands or recommending beings. Just me, myself, and my lust to be clean comfortable and happy. I’ll always choose happiness.
I must give the homeless guy some credit rather than living in a box on top of the trash he made a pretty decent living area out of what was available.
I've slept under alot of bridges when I hitch hike and always thought of doing this. Plenty off room. I'd hang my hammock up with 2 pairs of vice grips and sleep
Someone should give that guy a piece of land land somewhere , whatever home he builds he keeps forever .Construction owner give him a job to maintain .He clearly has some talents that can be nurtured.💯🙏🏽
Even if anyone would give him land. You need permits to construct. All homes occupancy permits on file. And permits can be revoked. America is the land of Tenants.
@@MiguelRamirez-ld7sy We built a pretty large house on secluded land, no permit no nothing, govt can’t touch it either, all I’m saying is that it can be donr
I see these makeshift structures popping up all over Sacramento . Literally on residential streets. Not just tents but structures made of wood and pallets with doors and everything. Especially on fruitridge and Stockton blvd
@@promontorium Good, More work cops. that doesn't serve and protect no more. The cops only protect interest and property. We need make more money out the prison system.
@@promontorium tell me about it. I live near stockton and every time I pass the river theres a bridge and a bunch of homeless ruined our rivers. Piss, shit tainted our waters. Bunch of nasty people
I was homeless for a few years, it was a profound experience. Part of that life I saw haunts me sometimes. I now have my own business, a home, wife and kids. Life is very good. These people are not stupid, most are addicts. Once you conquer the addiction, your skills and life itself, become self evident. Adversity breeds strength, and confidence. Good luck to all..
@@kiloton1920 I saw two diff people die in in front of me. One man, we traveled together for a while, I came back to camp one night only to find him hanging from a tree. He shat himself himself,and his tongue was hanging out, and swollen. His eyes were open wide. ( his feet were aImost touching the ground, only 3 inches)I see that image now, as if it was yesterday. Cop told me that’s what happens when you hang yourself, the rope stretches after a while from the weight,some people, they find on there knees. The other was a young man who was extremely high on meth, we had been traveling together with a man woman couple for about 2 weeks ( there is safety in numbers) he started seeing things. Someone called the police on him . They came, after a long standoff, he was hiding in the woods. he pulled out a knife, and started running towards them, screaming... they shot him multiple times. I saw it happen from a distance. It was a horrible thing to see, he didn’t die right away,that’s the worst part, his screams..his agony,calling for his mama as he died in the woods. Alone. Then there was jails, many jails, and I even went to prison for a 3 years. ( battery, high and aggravated nature ) that’s a whole other experience in itself. There is more. Enough for now.
I was homeless also have a home n a family now. Wasnt addict to anything tho. Got dealt a shit hand n kicked out when I was 18.. worked 2 jobs n got my ass of those streets. You are right tho most folks I knew were addicted to some kind of hard drug.
I’m homeless and completely clean and sober. I left my childrens father because he became abusive after we had our children and even though I had money saved and a job I didn’t meet the minimum requirements for most apt complexes. Literally one turned me away because I made $60 less one month than what they accepted as their minimum.. lol. So now I’m hoping and praying this shelter takes my kids and I in. It sucks cause they prioritize addicts and people battling mental health crisis (Their words not mine).. everyone in the middle is forgotten. I’m not mentally ill.. I’m not on drugs .. I just don’t make 3x the rent in California so here I am.. without a home. I have been looking into leaving Cali because they don’t care about people needing a home. If you don’t make enough to pay your rent three time over you won’t have even a decent life.
@@groundedinsunshine3848 My prayers, and heart goes out to you. California is a tough place to live, expensive and there has been a home shortage for a while now. I think leaving there is an excellent idea IMO. Life is much cheaper in other places. I live in the South East. Atlanta suburbs. You can rent a 3 bedroom house, with a yard and fence lot for $1000 a month. My mortgage payment on my house $1050 a month.8 more years left to pay it off. My house is worth 328K, I bought it for 160k 9 years ago. Average income per year here is 52K. That’s a grand a week, easy to make that her in the food industry even. I really hope you find a place for you and your children. You are stringer than you think, you are a power house, and to be reckoned with. Remember that. God made you, and your are special. This experience will help you in the long run, it will build a character in you that few find in a lifetime, because it requires suffering. God luck to you, and may God bless you in every way. Right now Father. Amen.
Imagine minding your own business, not bothering anyone and the news snitching on you while the news anchors go home to there beds and sleep with comfort. No surprise all of them come from well off families.
They gave your hard-earned* cash to my South African President and he in turn gave it to the people of our Rainbow nation. People have houses, medication, and THOUSANDS have been taken off the streets. It was not all to waste. Thankyou for helping us.
He walked out of Home depot 1 mile away with that window without a care in the world. Security cant touch them. Invite this guy to make a tree house in your front yard hypocrites.
Imagine being in a burning building and the firefighter wants you to pay them before they rescue you. Or what if they wanted to drug test you and wait until the lab sends them results in the week to finish the rescue? Or what if they forced you to sit in a fire safety class while the building is burning down around you? The analogy doesn't quite work as well as you thought, does it.
@@gl9500 so you've grown up with a safety support net that keeps you from failing, good for you. You pretend that you know about what a homeless shelter is, but you don't. You act like these people can just get a job really easily, but they can't. Its not that simple. With homelessness there's a few issues that they have to deal with that you have in your pocket without trying. Take for 1, you have an employment record that doesn't have gaps, any gaps you do have can be honestly answered, while they have to say "I couldn't find another job" 2 you have an address, imagine going up to a prospective employer and informing them that you don't have an address. Just that alone can be a chance killer, and what do you do... lie? Give them a fake address and hope that mailing isn't necessary and they don't Google your address and figure out it's a McDonalds? 3 you have an address, so you can easily get forms of identification like a drivers license, or state issues ID. You can also get a bank card mailed to you, or a new one when that breaks. You can receive mail that you will need to get a job, what can they do... ask a gas station, Wal-Mart or McDonald's to accept mail like that for you? 4 you have access to plenty of sleep and a shower with clean clothes. To many homeless people clean clothes is synonymous with new clothes, a shower is a pipe dream, and a good nights sleep is likely napping for 30 min at a time in different places before a cop shows up to move you to your next napping spot. 5 you have social skills being exercised daily, as a homeless person you are likely to avoid people, as your smell alone is enough to upset people. So you avoid people, even if you get cleaned up to present at an interview, your ability to actually communicate well is going to be struggling as a homeless person. Add in the social anxieties that usually caused the disconnect from family in the first place. They feel no self worth as society looks down on them, they have likely been betrayed, or have felt that they've been betrayed and thus developed trust issues. Take that into a job interview and try and make a good impression. Then take those trust issues and have somebody you hardly know offering you help that isn't immediate and final. Why would you turn them up, in their eyes the firefighters may well have started the fire in the building just so they can rescue them so they will be indebted The analogy doesn't work because you lack insight to the problems they're dealing with, offering hamfisted excuses for your distaste with their situation leads nowhere. Solutions are needed, and to find solutions you need to understand the problems they need help with.
@@SherrifOfNottingham people will talk so much shit until they are homeless, or want to compare they're suffering. " Oh bro you haven't seen homeless stuff like I have" ok? Why does it matter who has seen more 😂. Like can't everyone get off there high horse
@@cmcmahon8551This attitude is why there are these problems that cannot be addressed. Of course you want a place that feels safe. "want it their way". Putz! Glad your people have their own party now. Next step is for you all to leave and start your own country. I hear Bikini Atoll has some real estate that would suit.
A lot of homeless people don’t go into shelters because they refuse to stay off drugs. In my area there are tons of beds but tons of homeless because they won’t follow the rules. They have these outreach programs and people that come directly to them and provide them with food and water, they make shelters, pee and take craps wherever they please, leave mountains of trash everywhere they go but cry for help. There is help, most don’t really want help, they want everything for free.
@@trisha56238 i think some people won't stay in shelters for fear of losing the few belongings they have. One in my area doesn't even have any storage space for bikes, so people risk losing the only mode of transportation they have by staying there as they would have to leave it outside. They can put locks on them, but a pair of bolt cutters and 5 seconds and it's gone.
We own a large piece of property in town up on a 60'Cliff.the peddlers and homeless beggers on every street corner in a small town in rural WV started to set up camp on our out of sight out of mind property. we told them in the spring of last yr they could stay on the far back corner as long as they were clean about it and wouldnt bother any of the realtors or buyers, a month later we go up there to meet with the power company and those dirty homeless, drug addict,thieving, vandalizing ass bums busted all the windows out of every piece of equipment including our dump truck that we told them to put their trash in the back of it to keep the place clean. I put no trespassing signs up all over every point of entry and everywhere in between and they would take them down, so I started putting them up with a ladder which slowed them down on removing them. They would leave when they would see one of us unlocking the gate a half a mile away so we could never catch them. They had needles, empty alcohol containers, stolen goods from the mall, purses with people's cards and keys everything they got their non working dirty ass hands on was up there. So I took a friend and a dozer and track hoe one evening and dug a huge hole and took the dozer and pushed there whole nasty camp in it and buried it with police escort. These people can't be helped they just take and take. If they can buy drugs and alcohol then they can get a room.
This is class. Just let him be this could stay up forever bc it’s such a great idea. It’s inspiring. If you’re going to move them out, you’re basically evicting them. 100% need to give them a house and they must keep it up bc I love this
I used to think like you guys but that is not a good situation to be in,So if they get evicted its push for Improvement and not to be seen as damaging!
"Nowhere to go, no one to turn to, no help anywhere" and then help arrives and they say "no thank". Shelters surely aren't paradise, but they are a stepping stone. Living under a bridge is not going to lead anywhere but down, if it's possible to go even further. "Living free" is never free. We all pay for it.
Building more houses is not always the best thing to do, a lot of homes are empty cuz few people can afford to live in them. That is a real problem, and we should try to inhabit these places before building new.
In the Midwest US a lot of nice homes are abandoned and left to rot because people cannot afford to live in them, so the gov is condemning them and breaking them down
Those darn homeless, they should be happy in their situation. Instead they are trying to make a shelter for themselves. OHH the nerve. As a houseless person I salute the crafter of this shelter.
Homeless shelters suck and the rules are freaking ridiculous. Most make you get up at 5 or 6 in the morning then you have to clean and then you usually can eat breakfast and then you got to be out by depending on the shelter between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. and you're not allowed to return until usually 5 or after 5 I've stayed in them before and they are ridiculous and the services they offer aren't usually as great as they're making out they are. I can see why people would rather live under the bridge.
You know damn well they stole all that lumber and window from home construction site. I’m impressed how they got so much. They definitely made several trips with a shopping cart or bike hitch.
@@SC-ge4mg I dont think they caused the trash to be there. I mean have you seen the shit people throw out their cars onto the road? I think that trash might have already been there when they started living there.
@@tommyboyio1363 Very possible. I think that if they are going to make it their home, it would be nice to improve on it. Maybe other people who are less tolerant of the homeless would get off their backs if they contributed to the clean up. Just a thought.
They want the bums to stay in the city cuz the rich think they hopeless there but if they find they're own isolated spot they are a threat because they are living in they're own area rent free and the government can't profit of them in that way money is the root of all evil.
Blue Squirtle you’re an idiot, drug addicts are people who need help and deal with mental issues. So we should turn them on the street so they can shoot up outside your kids schools?
And that's not what they do? You really think that just let shit go down without dealing with it? And if they do the issue is with whoever is staffed at the shelters not the the people who use them
I don't know about that City but where I'm at I'd rather be in Harris County Jail then go to one of the shelters the jail is actually cleaner and safer and has better food which is complete crap food but it's still better than what you get at the shelters
I have homeless friends that are physically fit and smart. They refuse to work, pay bills or be responsible. They still want to bum money daily and drink and do drugs and breed.
Outreach services just profit of homeless people not giving acquit help so they can transition back to society's. But the average person would think that
I'm facing homelessness. No drugs or alcohol or gambling or any addictions. Its called living on disability. Had to go on it at age 45. So payments are below poverty. Have family. But no help. One I stopped talking to 8 yrs ago. The other, in a small home, took in our niece and her father along with her boyfriend. The 2 can get an apt. But take advantage of my "doormat" brothers generosity. I'm living in a nonfamily home caretaking a senior. My health worsened 3 weeks ago. One day soon being here is over. Only my young friends do I have to live with. I need physical help. I can do things for myself, but limited in how long to do it. I wirked hard. Had a dozen layoffs. Each one set me back to square one. So, not everyone is homeless due to addictions or mental illness. Shelters assume you are one or all of that. If there was simple affordable housing, I'd have a home.
@@emmcey i consider 45 to be young to be disabled and he never said what caused his disability.. Lastly he spoke well i figured he could use his talents for a more productive result..just sayin
@@jason4832 it's very hard to get social security disability here in the US, if that's where he is from. Most people that apply get denied. The only person I know on it has severe Schizophrenia and maybe gets $1000/month. Definitely not gonna be something you can really live off of, the person I know only exists because they live with a parent.
What a crap world. Can't even try to make a little shelter where no one else even goes anyway. That's messed up. Why can't they just leave those people alone? They're already miserable and living like that. How could you feel good about making their lives even harder?
One of the worst thing in life is when you built a home for yourself and it's rent free then someone comes along and says tear it down😩heartless....must've been wealthy people with beautiful homes👹
well if you are not paying into the system then democrats cannot get their cut. If everyone lived rent free democrats would get NOTHING!!!! We cannot have that. If the homeless cannot figure out how to pay the cops to leave them alone, then too bad for them.
The only logical reason for removing those people living under the bridge is the chance of the river rising and drowning the people. If there is no chance of the river rising then leave them alone. What harm could they possibly be doing? .
they are literally taking money out of the hands of democrats by living apart from their system. And they are proving that democrats/government is not working. Democrats need people to need them.
Just leave them alone 😔😢 they not hurting no one and like he said they have no where to go. What if you was like that would you want someone too kick you out of what you call home for no reason. 😔😔
Man I wish I was rich so I can try an help them on their feet an jobs. I would literally get them a month free at a place an with that month let them look for a job so they don't gotta go through this. It's the people who are homeless that have the most heart.
And the people with all the money (top 0.5%)have no heart. If a person has millions of dollars /pounds spare and they don't give to charity they're innately evil and there's no argument against that
If you let them live there, what happens when the government has to do maintenance and cleaning? Work around them? Move them and their "stuff" to another bridge?
