What's it like to stay at a homeless shelter?

[Skywatcher]

I posted an AMA about my stay in a DC-area shelter (now three decades ago):

Ask the former homeless guy.

Prompted by this thread. I spent most of 1990 in this shelter, which was run by Salvation Army at the time. This was a couple of decades ago but if anyone has questions regarding what it was like, I’ll do my best to answer.