I work on Third Avenue, just a few blocks from Grand Central. Every morning on my way to the office, I see a homeless man sleeping on the sidewalk at the corner of 44th and Lexington. This has been going on for the past year. Not every day but definitely on most days - even on extremely cold mornings. People (including myself) just walk around him. The cops do nothing. I suppose I can’t blame the cops because I’m sure they have their hands tied. But one of these days, it’s going to be a corpse that I walk around.
In downtown Chicago near the DuSable bridge on Michigan Ave I've seen a homeless man, fairly heavy-set. He must have serious diabetes, because he had an ulcer on his leg as wide as a grapefruit - and nearly as deep. With an open wound like that, and living on the street - how long can someone be expected to survive?