The Rise Of Homeless Internet Users
Anyone can be anyone on the internet, even if they don’t have a permanent roof over their head:
Cheap computers and free Internet access fuel the phenomenon. So does an increasingly computer-savvy population. Many job and housing applications must be submitted online. Some homeless advocates say the economic downturn is pushing more of the wired middle class on to the streets
Link via disinfo.com, story from the Wall Street Journal online.
I can testify to that. I was using free wifi at the state library yesterday and sitting across from me was a homeless man talking to people on skype. Then his wife/girlfriend came along and started using the computer while he fell asleep in his chair against the wall. Just thought I’d share.
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