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# Don’t sweat the homeless
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/dont-sweat-the-homeless-editor/
- Published: 2007-02-10T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T00:02:14.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless, Homelessness

*By Ron Lowe Santa Monica*

In the early ’80s, homelessness began creeping around the edges of American life. Today, the homeless are part of every landscape. Precise numbers of the street people are nearly impossible to pin down. You see homeless men, women and children roaming the streets, eating there, sleeping there.

No one seems to know what to do and just walk by, trying to avoid the hapless plight of the street people. So why worry about it? You could never end up homeless, wrapped in a blanket, huddled in the cold with all your belongings, right?

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 10, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/021007.pdf?ref=smdp.com)