It amazes me how close to the edge so many people are. Not just the obvious poor, but middle class families struggling to stay afloat. Only a layoff away from losing everything and being rendered homeless. Many are too proud to accept welfare or don't know what is available or by virtue of a quagmire of qualifying regulations can't get help and just give up and fend for themselves any way they can.
I have a friend that I cannot locate. He was in the wholesale car business. In the matter of a month or two as a result of notes being called, he was rendered penniless and out of business. His cell phone has been cut off, no one has seen him, not even his family...he has literally dropped off the face of the earth. Last I heard he was living in a borrowed tent camper but no one can find him. He's truly a good guy and has many friends who would be glad to help him get back on his feet but he is too proud to ask for help nor would he accept it unsolicited.