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We had one sitting at a busy intersection here wearing Nike Air Jordan tennis shoes ($200+). I won't splurge on $200 tennis shoes, so I asked him for change. He didn't think it was as funny as I did. --170.224.xx.x

Some days I think they may have it right... Join them? I will remember Jason's comment! Funny. Duh dude what are you thinkin? --99.203.xx.xxx

makes more money than I.At least he should change his shirt once in a while .He does it Summer and Winter ,I would rather work,it's easier........charlie.............................................. --174.199.x.xxx

LOL Jason. --72.188.xxx.xx

When mice and rats infest a building they usually have a good source or food and water. Getting rid of the rodents starts with getting rid of the food and water. --50.32.xxx.xxx

The stand on traffic circles here with big cards and people toss them money. Some of them have buckets and walk up to cars pretending they are collecting for an organization. I make sure my windows are rolled up and don't look at them. None in stores yet. --73.178.xxx.xx

Bad near my house. On occasion there are multiple ones on same corner. The evil side of me wants to tell one I gave the other $10 to split with him and watch caos ensue...but I can't bring myself to be that kind of mean. --68.107.xxx.x

Ally I live near a major road with high speed traffic and they are jaywalking (slowly, taking their time, not running) from a homeless camp in the woods on the other side of that street, endangering themselves and everyone else. --72.188.xxx.xx

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My painter says she knows someone who does it regularly - instead of working - and they collect hundreds a day. They consider the donors fools who deserve to be separated from their money. --68.10.xxx.xxx

At the 1st intersection off the highway on my way home, was a former old VietNam vet and his dog. When I had an extra dollar I used to give him--mostly for the dog. He looked scruffy but healthy, same age as me. He could have easily worked at McDs and eaten for free at least 1 meal/day--and the dog too. When I retired from that job I never saw him again. I always felt bad for the poor dog. --108.87.xx.xxx

We're in the wrong business. We should hire professional beggars to fill street corners. I'm surprised the cities don't require begging permits at intersections. Great way to earn revenue. --108.69.xxx.xxx

I think I remember hearing some news somewhere about a city or cities charging their beggars a fee or making them get a permit. Maybe fake news? I think it was out west. --50.32.xxx.xxx

Charlie, that is interesting..the more things change the more they stay the same. --72.188.xxx.xx

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31k to 60k....Yikes that could seriously screw my plan up for the Professional Swatter Eradicator company I was thinking of starting. I'd never be able to afford to hire a decent brut squad to rent out to other landlords! --174.233.x.xx

When the weather is nice I can see them in a grassy hill near the big supermarket. They look slavic (Romanian or Ukrainian). It is father or mother and two or three kids playing on a blanket. Look like perfect picnic scene, except the sign asking for money. The are coming only in a weekends and vanish after a couple of weeks. --69.120.xxx.xxx

We never had them near my house in SW Phila until a year ago. Young White kids from the suburbs, look to be physically capable. Most likely junkies. I get so sick of it. The one girl came up to my car and I told her"A thousand Hondurans are walking a thousand miles to get here. You were born here and what are you doing with your life?!! --73.141.xxx.xxx

Don, you just reminded me about a time when I was new in a country. After a full day of English classes we was in a New York City train, tired and hungry, taking our 1.5 hourlong commute home. A young man enter a train and in perfect English was asking for the money with a rap style song, dancing and clapping. I was really depressed thinking how I will find a job with my English, when he is claiming that he can’t. --69.120.xxx.xxx

You can't make these things up. --99.59.x.xxx

Some of my friends were talking about unionizing them or renting corners for a percentage. ;) --47.216.xx.xxx

Yes J.A d next door to where I Lived,the owner was a Seargent in the local Police Department,of Irish Descent.Because we were born in Ireland,we could do no wrong Life was good,talk about the good olde days................charlie......................... ..maybe we should start a panhandling school.............may be too late in life...................Luba you did alright too,good luck to you................. --174.199.x.xxx

I was reading a story of a man who was stolen as a baby to be in one of those cartels. When he was a baby, he was purposely underfed to look small and younger. When he was about 5 years old they bring him to a underground doctor and amputated both arms! This way more people was giving him money. Thy just drop him when he got sick and a social worker was telling his story to the reporter. --69.120.xxx.xxx

Every notice you can't find a kids treehouse anymore --24.34.xx.xxx

organization or buy them a meal. --24.177.xxx.xx

Maybe we should be investing in long term land-leases at busy intersections and rent them out by the hour to panhandlers. City gets rent from us, we take a percentage based on estimated hourly earnings. Panhandlers don't have to fight for space. Everyone wins! --173.17.xx.xx

I saw a youngish lady last summer with a tube top and along skirt. Her sign only said "need money". At least she didn't have the usual "God Bless". --72.70.xxx.xx

The ones panhandling are the ones that want everything on their terms. --71.85.xxx.xx

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Panhandling dropped off very quickly. Smartest thing the city ever did. --96.234.xxx.xxx

The only thing you get when you feed the pigeons is MORE PIGEONS. --73.16.xxx.x

Back in Derry I used to shoot pigeons with a .22, sold them for half a crown,think they shipped them of to England ,don't know what they sold them there for? I also grew Mushrooms,was easier to shoot the pigeons............charlie.................. --174.199.x.xxx

the sad part is,there may be a few who really need a few Bob...........charlie.............................. --174.199.x.xxx

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I stopped giving money to panhandlers after one guy asked for money for food for his wife and baby. I offered to drive them to a nearby restaurant and pay for the meals AND then call a local 'help' agency for them who would come right to the 'broken down' car and give them food and lodging. The guy refused. He just wanted the cold hard cash. He got nothing. Lots of this going around here where I live. Some are like the 'iconic' guy at the freeway off-ramp who has a sign 'Veteran, please help' and walks with a very pronounced limp. Finding him late in the afternoon, gathering up his sign and walking with NO limp reminded me that some people are doing it as a vocation. Why not? Fresh air, meeting lots of nice people, don't have to pay taxes, no worries, sounds good to me. --174.66.xxx.xxx

In Philly we have several big universities. Beggars love it because each year they get a new group of freshman from out of town to use their b.s. stories on, stories that city residents have heard a thousand times. --73.141.xxx.xxx

Don (PA) A friend's son who went to Temple U. in Philly was one of those freshmen, but one with brains. He always offered to get them a burger. The few who took him up on it were genuinely down on their luck. He then connected them with a local church with a "hand up rather than a handout" program. Some got back onto their feet and became part of the church. --71.175.xxx.xxx

That stopped for me when I cut through there in the daytime once and no one was there, but there were a bunch of used syringes on the ground. --50.32.xxx.xxx

gosh that was funny. I'm still laughing. Seriously-- i'm still laughing half hour later. --99.103.xxx.xxx

was is San Diego a year or so ago. beggars on every corner. I thought CA is the land of milk & honey ? --166.137.xxx.xx

big problem in London. most are romainian gypsy professionals who drive mercedes at end of shift. gypsy scum who should be kicked out. big problem in TX with gypsies also. these are the guys who knock on your door offering to resurface your drive way or did your roof or selling vegetables. scum scammers which need to be got rid of. --166.137.xxx.xx

cjo’h... a crown for a pigeon ? I used to sell mushrooms also to pay my university bar bill. magic mushrooms. plebs just wanting to experience the buzz. I made a lot of cash on the freshers each year. spent it all though. --166.137.xxx.xx

Pmh,half a crown two and six.the mushrooms were white buttons ,sent to Covent Garden for the spawn the mushrooms were sold to the Convalescent Homes to help TB patients.Don't know if they helped or not.........charlie..............Spent a weekend in Preston,had a few Buddingtons.......................... --174.199.x.xxx

Luba,never got a Diploma,Did go to the School of Hard Knocks though........charlie.........................................well sorta.................. --174.199.x.xxx

Going to Publix this morning and getting a crate of them. Think I will get the ones with the shell still on-- make them work harder. --99.103.xxx.xxx

“Although some of the leading causes of death, including cardiovascular disease and cancer, are common among the general population, the most striking feature of these data is the relative youth of the decedents,” the report states. “People experiencing homelessness in Toronto are living more than 30 years less than the overall population, on average.” --99.230.xxx.xx

I've lived in Charlotte since 2003 and I can count on one hand how many panhandlers I've seen since living here. --71.75.xx.xx

Price of C-co nuts are up. switching to Pineapples. see how they'll complain about that. Probable riot!!!!!! --99.103.xxx.xxx