"Most of [us] outside try to either see if they can make their way in a motel, but most people can't accomplish that. They work on getting themselves some kind of coverage, like tent tarps and go wherever they [can] that's generally out of the way, not to bother people.
We go somewhere that's out of the way and we can get some kind of little fire going and keep some kind of heat through a fire. And that helps us survive.
Even just for the purpose of food, I always make some kind of a fire pit to cook on.
I'm not going to catch on fire, but it seems like there's always somebody going to call and department managers are always going to come around and complain about it…
That’s how we survive. And with the help of a couple other people out here that are homeless, we try to keep each other survive. We collect as much winter clothes as we can so we can give them out to people that don't have it.
We have lots of food and clothes and stuff 'cause it's generally for not just us, it's for other people out here 'cause they're not gonna be able to get everyone in the shelter and stuff. And the people that are out here, well most of 'em that know us know they could come around us and be able to get blankets or something to eat.
It's just because we've been out here a long time. And if we're gonna be out here, we may as well, well collect as much as we can so we can keep it and be able to help other people. It just sucks when the city takes it 'cause then we gotta start over the next day.
They're never going to get rid of everyone homeless and if they keep on making it harder and harder, they're just going to end up finding more frozen people on the streets.”