Sleeping in the Park

It's hard to tell if he is or not. I've seen people sleeping in the park, but they weren't homeless, it was just a time of relaxation for them as they usually either had a blanket they laid on or a lounge chair they brought with them. We have a couple homeless shelters. They help people find work.

I can't make up my mind whether that is a rolled up blanket he is using for a pillow or a backpack. He looks to me like he fell asleep in the shade but the sun has moved to put him directly in the sunlight. I hope he doesn't sunburn! Yes, I've taken naps in one of the parks around here. But if you are sleeping for more than an hour or so, the police will wake you up and tell you to head home to sleep. It is really rare that I ever see anyone sleeping in the parks here. (I usually stay in my car and put the seat down if I am tired. The police don't bother you if you're in a vehicle.) I live in a small city in Missouri. I can only think of a few times that I've seen homeless people here and they are usually passing through. ( I once was leaving work at Walmart when a homeless man ask me for some money. I told him that Walmart was hiring if he needed money, planning on offering to buy him some food after telling him that. Without pausing a beat, he told me he'd NEVER work at a place like Walmart! (He was quite emphatic about it, too!) I looked at him for a minute, glancing down at my Walmart uniform, and said, "You would ask a person who works at Walmart for money, though." He got angry and started cussing at me. I pulled my phone out and called security in Walmart and told them a homeless man was outside the doors cussing at me. Security came out and called the police. He was arrested and taken to jail.

I did rest in park sometimes but never slept there. But yes people sleep a lot in the park.

During the day the homeless in our community wander.... I have napped in the park....not recently....it's winter and I haven't even gone to the park.

We don't see a lot - or indeed any - homeless people in our town. It's probably not big enough to support them or perhaps they get chased away.

It's hard to tell. It could be he's catching a nap before catching a bus to Atascadero. I know Paso needs to do more for our homeless. There aren't enough low cost rentals for people with limited funds. I feel terrible for the homeless, especially when I see the number of empty and abandoned buildings that could be repurposed....

It would be hard to know if he is just sleeping or homeless unless you knew his situation, as I have seen people sleep in the park taking a nap that were not homeless, but a lot of people around here you can tell are the homeless ones due to their looks a lot of times. Unfortunately around here, there are a lot of Homeless, and the population actually is continuing to grow as the cost of living continues to rise. Even a minimum wage job does not pay enough in order to get an apartment anymore so it is a 50/50 chance of being able to survive around here. It is almost impossible to not struggle anymore unless you get lucky to have a job like at Boeing.

Hard to tell if this one is homeless although I hope not. I hope he was a student laying there studying enjoying the sunshine and fell asleep.

I have never napped inn a park butwe also have a large homeless population who does in the summer.

He might just be taking a nap and nothing else.

i think hes napping. theres a few homeless in my town. i dont know what my towns official stand is on the homeless, but i get the feeling that they dont have a policy.

Over in Virginia, I have not seen much of that. We have the Salvation Army and Union Mission nearby but you can see them on the streets and traffic lights. Some of them posting signs.

We have a very big park in our town and most people go here to rest. some after tarmacking looking for manual jobs and are tired they come to the park to rest. But most of the time one has to be careful since thieves come to hide themselves here also.