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

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**Created:** [November 3, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-stay-at-a-homeless-shelter/992508 "2023-11-03T03:02:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-stay-at-a-homeless-shelter/992508/5 "2023-11-04T01:41:17Z")

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

> [@Ask the former homeless guy.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-former-homeless-guy/606359):
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> Prompted by [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=634833). I spent most of 1990 [in this shelter](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=falls+church,+va&hl=en&ll=38.847679,-77.132328&spn=0.001358,0.004823&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=49.490703,79.013672&vpsrc=6&hnear=Falls+Church,+Virginia&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=38.84768,-77.133354&panoid=S9EoaGG8qU02ld8kAteeDA&cbp=12,35.58,,0,0), 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.

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