Slumming

This article to me was a bit strange and especially in the manner that it began. I liked the article and related to the idea of wanting a more simple and pure life as opposed to the fallacies they faced as rich people. Witnessing the murder must have been very traumatic and really explains the beginning of the article once you read that. The charities in the beginning also sounded a bit silly but I can understand why she would want to help people from that point on in life. But sitting around all day and never getting word from the outside world would be like torture to me. I think that it would eventually become a miserable experience to basically be locked inside of ones home and to not get any sort of details or happenings.

The idea that homelessness would be cool and would be a good thing is kind of an abstract concept to me, but I can see the appeal. All the fads nowadays have to do with ripped jeans and holey cloths. Its easy to see that the new cool is with grunge and looking generally ruffled. Living as a homeless person would also appeal to simplicity I think. Having the only problem in your life be food and shelter would kind of simplify things. I might like to try it sometime, but personally I like amenities. This story was probably the weirdest one we have read so far in this class, but I think it speaks to everyone. Honestly, would we be better off homeless...?