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Well, yeah, what century's living conditions does homelessness correspond to?

19th Century Victorian London - the time of coffin beds and T'penny hangers (hard benches with a rope to hang your body across as you slept sitting upright).

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/jan/02/homeles...

https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/generalnews/the-homeles...

I needed a visual, and this site[0] has a picture of a two-penny hangover. Which looks to be just a rope hanging over some hay.

[0]: https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Two-Penny-Hangover/

That's the one .. there was a whole range of "sleeping" accomadations for the homeless in Victorian London and I muddled two together .. situp benches & a rope to drape over - my bad.

Welcome to the literal "Dickensian Aspect" ref'd in the fifth season of The Wire.

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