Pedro Rameriz is a 33-year-old man residing on the streets of Los Angles in a tent in a life starved of luxuries besides he has nonetheless discovered a method of having fun with himself whereas he camps out.
Rameriz’s tent is supplied with an leisure system that he says makes “it looks like house.” However, when a passerby documented the setup on TikTok, Rameriz’s residing state of affairs shortly went viral.
Whereas being homeless and residing in a tent, Rameriz has set himself up with a projector and generator to maintain him entertained.
Nevertheless, his state of affairs has generated judgment from individuals who do not perceive the truth of how homelessness occurs — or how rather more inexpensive it’s to purchase a projector than it’s to afford lease.
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Fox 11 Information coated the story, reaching out to Rameriz and metropolis officers to analyze if what he was doing was authorized.
Rameriz has two tents on the road — one for residing in and one other one for storing belongings. In his residing quarters, he has carpet flooring, a full-size airbed, a projector, and a sound system. To stream and soundcast his leisure, Rameriz explains that he makes use of his telephone and laptop computer that are linked to a hotspot.
Hypothesis that Rameriz may very well be hooking up his gadgets to metropolis lighting for energy prompted Hugo Soto-Martinez, a metropolis council member in Los Angeles, to lift security issues to Fox 11, noting the potential hearth hazard. However Rameriz insists he’s not plugged into any avenue lights. Rameriz claims, “I’m not doing something flawed. I’m not stealing energy from nobody. It’s coming from my generator.”
To recharge the generator, he takes it to the practice station each two weeks and plugs it in there. As a result of the station is underneath the jurisdiction of Metro and never town, Rameriz shouldn’t be doing something unlawful.
Rameriz claims he would somewhat keep in his tent than stay in everlasting housing.
Everlasting housing provides transitional assist out of homelessness to individuals like Rameriz by way of a mixture of supportive companies and short-term or long-term rental subsidies. However Rameriz feels happier staying the place he’s. He claims the strict guidelines that have been enforced on him in everlasting housing earlier than made him unwilling to stay there once more.
“They deal with us like prisoners in there. You may’t even take a lighter in there,” he explains. “Earlier than you go within the constructing, they’re looking you with a metallic detector.”
“I signed up for housing, not for rehab or jail,” he says.
Viewers on-line famous that Rameriz’s state of affairs is way extra accessible than paying Los Angeles’ staggering lease costs and praised him for being resourceful in a damaged system.
One consumer writes, “Very good financial transfer. He escaped the matrix and isn’t paying $3000 a month for a studio in HW. Has all his requirements met. Good for him.”
Maddie Haley is a author for YourTango’s information and leisure staff. She covers popular culture, movie star information, and leisure.
