I live in Montpelier central.

There’s a small tent community off the bike path near the bus station. I live very close by, and I’m always smelling the fire wood they burn to keep warm.

It reminds me that if my disability status were to be gone, I could end up camping there some day.

The basic human right to receive shelter seems to be under addressed by our Republican governor (who keeps getting voted back in).

I cannot find a a well paying job because of the lack of public transit, and I worry about my future.

I read a portion of these comments, and I live in a rent reduced apartment. I am super grateful. I do not have an arrest record either, nor have I ever been addicted to drugs. I do not consider myself a “degenerate” either. I am college educated too.

My point is: I talk to many of these people every day. Few to none of them are “degenerates”. I am getting frustrated with all the virtue signaling. When the only signaling I see is entitled people giving a finger to the poor.