Upgrading from a cardboard box for the homeless

[Are_grits_groceries]

http://www.latimes.com/video/?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=3219562

The EDAR, a cross between a shopping cart and a pop-up camper, is a step up.

Christopher Raynor's father kicked him out when he was 13, after his stepmother interrupted an orgy in his bedroom and the teen jammed a broom handle against her throat.

Now 40, Raynor has lived much of his life in the rough. His current domicile is a patch of dirt behind some pampas grass and coastal sage scrub where Pacific Coast Highway meets Temescal Canyon Road, in the backyard of Pacific Palisades

Until a few weeks ago, he dozed on a thin mattress in the open air. Now he beds down in a snug mobile shelter called an EDAR (short for Everyone Deserves a Roof), a covered contraption that looks like the offspring of a shopping cart and a pop-up camper.

Raynor's mother died of stomach cancer, his father was shot to death, and he himself has served time in jail. He spends much of each day intoxicated and grimy. He despises most people.

But he likes his EDAR.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/inland/la-me-edar10-2008dec10,0,4458744.story

May need an EDAR if things keep on going like they are..........

[Zuni]

1. did I read this part right?

"Christopher Raynor's father kicked him out when he was 13, after his stepmother interrupted an orgy in his bedroom and the teen jammed a broom handle against her throat."

[Are_grits_groceries]

2. Yes. A twee bit antisocial..... nt

[katty]

3. i will be getting a couple of these

[KansDem]

4. oooh! "Pacific Palisades"

That's pretty upscale, isn't it?

Pacific Palisades is a district within the U.S. city of Los Angeles, California, located between Brentwood to the east, Malibu to the west, Santa Monica to the southeast, the Santa Monica Bay to the southwest, and the Santa Monica Mountains to the north. The area currently has about 27,000 residents. It is a very affluent and primarily residential area, with a mixture of large private homes, small (usually older) houses, condominiums, and apartments. It has a small central business district on Sunset Boulevard, consisting of restaurants, stores, banks, and offices, known as "the village." It also includes some large parklands and many hiking trails. Palisades Charter High School serves the neighborhood. It is known as "Where The Mountains Meet the Sea." Notable shops in the village include Norris Hardware (which originally was the Bay Theater), Cathay Palisades (formerly Fein's Deli), Black Ink, PaliSkate, Benton's Sporting Goods, and Village Book
Wikipedia

[Laelth]

5. k&r for a good idea and for a wealthy person with a conscience.

Here's to Peter Samuelson. :toast:

:dem:

-Laelth

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. interesting...gonna read the full article

[lurky]

7. I'm guessing no central-heating in these things.

Probably okay in LA, but in NYC or Chicago you might still freeze to death.

[happyslug]

8. EDAR Website: http://www.edar.org/

http://www.edar.org/