Link and homeless differences

The difference between Link and the average homeless is that they in fact sweeten it in a way. They mark it seem like Link from the book though suffering is finding friends and making small amounts of money, while in real life theses people rarely acquire any money, and when they do a test has shown that 70% of people spent their small amount of money on drugs and liquor. Link also only spent one night in a hostel or house the average homeless person spends only one night on the street. Though their are a couple differences there are a lot similarities. Homeless people often travel or live in groups or pairs, Link travels and "lives" with Ginger, also Ginger try's to Link to smoke. Also many job opportunities and homeless shelters reject him because he quote " Made himself homeless". I am not 100% sure if people who made the self homeless or rejected from charity's and shelters, but in the book this is mentioned.