Isaac Thomas had plans when he graduated from high school. He wanted to go to college. He wanted to make music.
That was around 10 years ago. Over that decade, Thomas said that he has been in and out of homelessness. For the past year and a half, he’s called the encampment at Pig’s Eye Park in St. Paul, Minnesota, home.
“My goal out of high school was to go to college by the age of 30, at least have an apartment, a car and my kids. All of that failed for me,” Thomas said. “For the city, man, it’s not as easy as people want to make it seem being homeless. It’s just, you gotta put yourself in someone else’s shoes sometimes.”…