Living Out of Cars in LA

Darlene Knoll, 53, reclines in the sleeping area of the battered 1978 motor home where she lives in Los Angeles with five dogs after losing her job and home five years ago.

The article was about people that cant afford living in houses so they are living in RVs, Vans, Cars, etc. They get called names but other residents, and have to look for places to park so they wont get harrassed by the police. In LA, and many other cities, it is illegal to live in vehicals on public streets. The law enforcement is getting very strick and they are breaking down the law on residents who are living in their vechicals. "A survey of 3,230 homeless people last year in Los Angeles County found nearly 7%living in vehicles, according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority." People are complaining about noise, smell and other things that are going on, and the complaints keep pouring in. Some places such as Santa Barbara, allows vehicles to stay from 7 p.m to 7 a.m. in church and city parking lots. Some people say that cant afford the gas prices to be riding around so they have to find somewhere they can park without having to worry about the cops, or other residents bothering them.

In my opinion I think the police are wrong for bothering them. They need to put them selfs in their shoes. I also think what they need to do since so many people are having financial problems they need to build a parking place, sort of like you have a camp ground, build a ground for people who live in their vehicals then they will all be in one place together and maybe they could help each other out with their financial problems. I have been there before, having to stay in my car, not because I didnt have any where to go, but because I wanted to be with my man, and no one wanted us to be together and at the moment we couldnt afford are own place so we chose to stay in the car together. I am now not in that situation because it was getting to hard to handle being in that little car all the time so we are now living in a house. Its rough going through that type of situation but people have their problems, and different people go through it different ways.

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Flip-Flop Flaws #1

Exacerbated- to embitter the feelings of (a person); irritate, exasperate

Plantar Fasciitis- an inflammation of the connective tissue that links the toes to the heel bone









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The article I chose was Flip-Flop Flaws. The Flip-Flops are becoming more popular espically during the summer/spring time seasons. Flip-Flops may not be the best choice sometimes for health reasons. If you do wear flip-flops try not to wear them all the time, switch them up often, don't break them in, when you break your flip-flops in its probably time for you to throw them away and get a new pair. According to a new study, the ubiquitous summer shoe may be bad for your ankles, feet and lower back. Flip-flops can cause problem usually associated with a fondness for Manolos and Jimmy Choos.

Justin Shroyer is a student in biomechanics at Auburn and Dr. Wendi Weimar is the director of Auburn's biomechanics laboratory. They both have noticed that most often when the students or teachers come back from vacation they are often complaining of pain in their feet, ankles or lower backs due to the lack of arch in the flip-flops. Shroyer said he found out that people who wear flip-flops take shorter steps which then causes stress to the body and then could result in a higher risk of muscle and join pain in the legs. Besides ankles, feet, and back problems toes can be another issue. Shroyer said "When you wear flip-flops, you kind of scrunch your toes to keep the flip-flop on your foot".

My opinion of the article made me realize that flip-flops due cause a lot of problems with the lower part of your body. I would have to agree with the article because if you are wearing flip-flops all the time your causing a lot of stress on your body. If I can reduce the stress on my body by wearing Sneakers I will. Your body indulges in to much stress as it is.

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