The main message of this post to me was that if you're above 60 you can live off gov't welfare if you know where to go, and this is enough to keep you off the streets (not sleep in a box). I wonder what this story would have been like if he were 45 years old.
Assuming he didn't have a disability not recognized by the welfare system (living with a recognized disability presumably grants similar opportunities to being old), if he was 45 years old he would have probably found a (perhaps menial) job.
