Street Life in Eugene Oregon. Chris Rice Life Means So Much

A music video showing the street life in Eugene, Oregon. I went downtown one day and befriended some people. I got two free meals out of it. Music by Chris Rice

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Homeless
• Whitaker
• Eugene
• Oregon
• His
• Church
• Chris
• Rice
• suicide
• runaway

[2Hamsterz]

I miss eugene, although I see all these negetive videos on youtube - - lots of friendly people like you there. :/

[dustinwhitaker]

Thanks, Eugene is a very polarized city. But I'm praying and working for a change in that area. IMO Eugene has so much more potential energy than kenetic.

[videolover61]

Man, they ain't telling people whats happening to this country on TV...people are so deluded, asleep, and in denial...

[dustinwhitaker]

What do you mean?

[lonewolf12052]

i live in portland oregon. ex military no criminal record no drugs. i am 24 years old only with a G.E.D. been unable to find work for the past seven months. fast food won't even hire me. I have no place to go no place to hide i don't qualifiy for unemployment checks. I'll be homless by the end of this month. I will try and make it however i am loosing hope. if i am still homless by fall i will be ending my life

[dustinwhitaker]

I've thought about your comment for a week now. Life isn't about what you can get but what you give. We hear that in America a lot, but we rarely live it. I hope that giving and kindness kill you before a gun or a river. You have served our country honorably, and we all thank you, but don't dishonor us all and exclaim with a bullet that this country does not strive until the end. We all need each other and there's always some one to love.

You are needed and valuable. We all are.

[kangaldogs0331]

So I stopped at a gas station today to run in & grab a cold drink. I came out and some homeless dude was leaning against my truck. I asked him kindly to get off my truck. He stumbled alongside my truck & when I started it he reached for the passenger door damn near opening it but I hit the lock first. He then stepped onto my running board & grabbed the mirror. Well, I put it in reverse & floored it! He fell off. This guy tried to get in my truck! I say ship them out of the city!

[Blitzkill]

this video would have been better if it ended with bulldozers shoving dead hippie carcases into a mass grave. All you fuckin bums complaining about the government not taking care of people.. makes me sick. How about you take care of your own damn self and stop asking for handouts. Guess where the government gets their money? from hard working Americans! you fucking tools

[bryncomeaux]

you can blame a whole town cause there homeless there. Or you can thank a whole town for not just moving them along and not having the compasion to leave the homeless alon. There only transient cause the kepp getting shoed away from on place to the next. If you don't want them on the street let them build slums. At least theyd be out of the rain.

[bryncomeaux]

@kangaldogs0331 one guy so they all go huh? hope your homless then youll see. The dude schizophrenic alcoholic. He'd be in an institution if you hadn't voted for ronald regan who shut them down and dumped those guys on you street. Thanks for votin that way worked out reall good didn't it.

[bryncomeaux]

@lonewolf12052 wow! Theve got you so belivin you need all there shit that life aint worth livin without a job. You don't need a job man you need is a van. It provides shelter and transportation, safety and warmth. You can make $250 a month at a blood bank for gas and $200 a month for food stamps. Its easy. sleep late hang out with people. Hell even get a girl friend.

Your just bumed. If you want a job try the unemploymnet office. Fast food is not the answer

anyway.

[MotleygnrCrue]

I work at White Bird. Film there. This is just a very white bread version of the street people.

[MotleygnrCrue]

How did you miss Kesey Plaza and the Dining Room and the methadone clinic and so on? How about Jefferson/Washington Park? Hmm...lets see the picture clearly! This was rather CLEAN.

[MovingUpp]

@cashyaug no way. There's a spirit in eugene of striving to be wholesome and free. A culture with respect for freedom always allows for more disfavorable activities as well, but for those who value the culture, it's by far worth it. There are so many good people and activities. I hope you find enthusiasm for health and intra-societal responsibility to be attractive qualities in people.

[MovingUpp]

@dustinwhitaker I like that characterization very much.

I moved back down to california to invest in real estate. I miss eugene so much.

[cashyaug]

Sooo... I'm moving to Eugene in August from across the country. I've been there before-(and fell in love w/the city), but now all I'm hearing/seeing is negatives about the community. Is it really that bad??

[EugeneWanderer]

@kangaldogs0331 This is a rare case and it is a shame you judge us all by the actions of one person. I am homeless and have been for a bit now. I do not use drugs, drink excessive alcohol nor am i uneducated. I am simply a casualty of the state of affairs in this country. Yes, there are those among the homeless population who are addicts, or who do not respect those around them, but were you to take the time to actually get ot know a few of them i think you would see that most are decent people