Former University Scholar and civil/environmental engineering major Will Langley, armed with only a $20 bill and a full tank of gas, is taking to the streets to raise the profile of the growing number of unsheltered homeless facing daily, harsh realities in our local community.

http://www.ncsu.edu/features/2010/11/hitting-the-road/

11/30/2010 8:18:55 AM

your title is really misleading. he's not homeless, he's raising awareness about homelessness...

11/30/2010 8:20:42 AM

oh, the other will langley

11/30/2010 8:28:57 AM

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"the growing number of unsheltered homeless "

ah shit

11/30/2010 8:45:48 AM

your title is really misleading. he's not homeless, he's raising awareness about homelessness...

11/30/2010 8:49:46 AM

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"oh, the other will langley "

that's what i was thinking

11/30/2010 9:04:25 AM

Sure, it's voluntary and temporary homelessness to raise awareness, - but based on his "rules of engagement," what else would you call his situation? Besides, I ran out of space for additional words in the header.

From his blog:

1) I can’t go home. This goes without saying, but thought I’d be clear about it.

2) I can’t go inside the Capstrat offices. A little less obvious, since lots of folks who find themselves without shelter still have jobs to go to. They’re just under-employed, or don’t earn enough to support themselves and their families. But since we have shower facilities inside our office restroom, I wanted to eliminate that convenience for my week. Not sure how or where I’m going to get a shower during the week. I’ll keep you posted on that.

3) My budget for the week is 20$. Plus one tank of gas. No credit cards, ATM cards, etc. I don’t intend to panhandle, and I don’t intend to take a hot meal from someone who needs it much more than me. My plan is to hit the Kroger for ramen noodles, cup-a-soup, or whatever else I can warm up on my backpacking stove each day. I’ll be tweeting my expenses as they happen. I don’t see any problem coming in under 20$ for the week, but it seemed right to set the budget ‘out loud’. Of course, I won’t have the most balanced, nutritious and vitamin-filled diet for the week, but I’m okay with that.

Not tryin' to nitpick, but if having a single Jackson to your name (to last an entire week), nowhere to lay your head, no office in which to spend eight hours a day, no food on hand and only the gas you have left in the tank isn't homelessness, I don't know what is. I sure wouldn't be comfortable in the temporary situation, even knowing I'd be "home" by this time next week.

11/30/2010 9:08:59 AM

your title is misleading.

11/30/2010 9:10:40 AM

this 'be homeless for x amount of time to raise awareness' schtick is so overplayed it should be featured in a stuffwhitepeoplelike entry.

11/30/2010 9:12:28 AM

So I guess he is back in town after running booze cruises in Aruba?

Oh, the other Will Langley.

[Edited on November 30, 2010 at 9:21 AM. Reason : f]

11/30/2010 9:17:42 AM

this is just silly.

and i were this guy i would have done it in late sept or early october rather than in december.

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11/30/2010 9:39:38 AM

how does he plan on being an alcoholic or a heroin junkie with only $20, or does he not understand why most people are homeless?

11/30/2010 9:58:16 AM

I am pretty sure someone does this almost every year, if not more than once a year.

Shit my suite mate voluntarily lived on Hillsborough St during Spring Break my freshman year. He pan handled and donated all the money he collected to charity.

11/30/2010 10:03:11 AM

There was an article a while back talking about how if you ever become homeless, one of the best things you can get with the few bucks you may have to your name is a gym membership.

It gives you shelter for most of the day (assuming it's not 24 hours a day) as well as a place to clean up and shower.

Of course, this is for people who are down and out for financial reasons and not addictions, but I figured it was pretty good advice.

11/30/2010 10:26:34 AM

^ the YMCA gives very discounted memberships to people on food stamps and SSI. Kinda pisses me off, but whatever.

11/30/2010 10:39:31 AM

How Duke of him.


Meanwhile, there are 100s of actual homeless UNC fans on our streets.

11/30/2010 10:39:58 AM

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"3) My budget for the week is 20$. Plus one tank of gas. No credit cards, ATM cards, etc. I don’t intend to panhandle, and I don’t intend to take a hot meal from someone who needs it much more than me. My plan is to hit the Kroger for ramen noodles, cup-a-soup, or whatever else I can warm up on my backpacking stove each day. I’ll be tweeting my expenses as they happen. I don’t see any problem coming in under 20$ for the week, but it seemed right to set the budget ‘out loud’. Of course, I won’t have the most balanced, nutritious and vitamin-filled diet for the week, but I’m okay with that. "

sounds like he is going camping in the city with $20 worth of supplies.

11/30/2010 11:44:48 AM

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"sounds like he is going camping in the city with $20 worth of supplies. "

^beat me to it.

11/30/2010 11:48:36 AM

Tool

Paint Ball target practice anyone?

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11/30/2010 11:49:26 AM

dumb.

why not make a charitable donation in the amount the tank of gas + the $20?

11/30/2010 11:53:11 AM

even though it is a dumb idea, it has already suckered us into thinking about the homeless issue.

11/30/2010 11:59:31 AM

Will Langley needs to get a fucking job and stop living on hand outs.

11/30/2010 11:59:57 AM

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"the YMCA gives very discounted memberships to people on food stamps and SSI. Kinda pisses me off, but whatever."

It pisses you off that admission to your gym facility isn't arbitrarily restricted based on income?

The YMCA is a mold more places need to follow. Those who cannot afford a normal membership deserve at least a chance at the services offered by the Y. I'm not saying that membership to a gym is some privilege that should be doled out to everyone, but I'm certainly not going to be pissed off that an organization takes the high road and tries to make their operation, and the great things they offer, more accessible.

For example, were it not for the after school programs, recreational sports, and other activities that under privileged kids can get involved with there, they'd have that much more time to fuck around and get in trouble elsewhere.

11/30/2010 12:01:29 PM

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"Those who cannot afford a normal membership deserve at least a chance at the services offered by the Y."

how's that? the gym is a luxury. i would rather not spend my time at a place where i pay a premium for the privilege of going if they allowed vagrants in for free.

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11/30/2010 12:08:19 PM

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"why not make a charitable donation in the amount the tank of gas + the $20?"

because his point was to raise awareness, which he did

11/30/2010 12:09:29 PM

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"It pisses you off that admission to your gym facility isn't arbitrarily restricted based on income?"

basically, yes

11/30/2010 12:26:43 PM

Hell if I was homeless and had a car, Id be selling that car. Thats a few months of rent somewhere. Plus gas and insurance (or lack of) you are just asking to get it impounded if you get stopped.

Good idea, but bad implementation. I wonder how many homeless have ""backpack" stoves.

11/30/2010 2:20:26 PM

^ heh, sounds like your run of the mill trustafarian living in berkeley.

11/30/2010 2:26:49 PM

Stupid as hell. Real homeless people make the $20 he has allotted for his week in 1-2 hours of sitting on their asses or walking up and down the beltline exit.

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"how does he plan on being an alcoholic or a heroin junkie with only $20, or does he not understand why most people are homeless?"

At least he's raising awareness of dumbass hippy liberals, so I guess that's got to count for something.

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11/30/2010 2:30:35 PM

is he going to sleep in his $400 sleeping bag from rei?

11/30/2010 2:36:22 PM

Is he going to pickup a serious drug addiction or mental illness to make this believable. What a newb. Incould easily 'rough' it for a week doing that.

11/30/2010 3:03:03 PM

lol @ this dude who thinks the YMCA should be an exclusive club

Fuckin' high rollers at the YMCA

11/30/2010 3:19:28 PM

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"how does he plan on being an alcoholic or a heroin junkie with only $20, or does he not understand why most people are homeless?"

11/30/2010 3:57:43 PM

^^he's trolling.

i think the old one here had bedrooms or something for people down on their luck.

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"Until the 1970s when women first started coming to YMCA facilities, wearing clothing of any type in YMCA pools was strictly forbidden. Filtration systems used in swimming pools were not as advanced as they are today, and far less chlorine was used making it easier, in those days, to degrade the cleanliness of the water thereby promoting the growth of bacteria. "

ew

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11/30/2010 4:00:47 PM

Walking about the YMCA one would assume that it was made for those so poor, so black.

11/30/2010 4:17:30 PM

So until the 70's it was all nude all the time in the YMCA pools?

Looks like I missed my calling

11/30/2010 4:21:53 PM

It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.

11/30/2010 4:49:42 PM

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"this 'be homeless for x amount of time to raise awareness' schtick is so overplayed it should be featured in a stuffwhitepeoplelike entry."

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/23/18-awareness/

11/30/2010 5:26:05 PM

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"So until the 70's it was all nude all the time in the YMCA pools? "

It was all-nude because it was all-dude

This is undeniable proof that you are a homosexual

11/30/2010 5:30:05 PM

11/30/2010 5:38:28 PM

wait, is Will Langley on here? I know he doesn't do cruises in Aruba anymore, but he took my dad out on a boat in Key West for fantasy fest, and he was wearing a loin-cloth on a float for fantasy fest.

11/30/2010 6:05:00 PM

^Its a different Will Langley

11/30/2010 6:40:55 PM

raising attention for himself and a little for homeless people. good work, altruism doesnt exist

11/30/2010 8:32:06 PM

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"how does he plan on being an alcoholic or a heroin junkie with only $20, or does he not understand why most people are homeless?"

I would add mental illness to this but yes, it seems there is more to being homeless than just "falling on hard times".

11/30/2010 10:45:24 PM

He needs to go to a city with more of a homeless problem. I have heard from a homeless man from Raleigh, himself, that it is hard to go homeless in Raleigh with all the help that is available from shelters, charitable organizations, churches, etc. (As much of an oxymoron as that is.)

11/30/2010 11:07:33 PM

11/30/2010 11:13:27 PM

GET A JOB, BUMS

12/1/2010 12:12:05 AM

i hope he gets beat up in a park by a gang of transients.

12/2/2010 11:10:42 AM

^^^ Wrong Will Langley

12/2/2010 11:12:16 AM

12/2/2010 11:57:48 AM