>>13731987A lot of the ‘homeless’ on the DTES live in SROs provided by the government. The buildings suck, but they provide the basics like shelter and running water and whatnot.
>>13731267As animals, cleaning ourselves was a very resource intensive process. Licking yourself down to clean yourself was dehydrating. If an animal gets sick or hungry or weak or whatever it stops cleaning itself to conserve resources. Therefore dirtiness immediately signals resource scarcity.
I think this has to do with why depressed people lose the urge to maintain their hygiene. Their brain feels like the body is sick so it gives up on this resource intensive habit.
