[DoughtyOne]

I wonder how many of these folks are third worlders or people displaced by them.

[kingu]

The majority of homeless in my area are white, 30-40’s, and habitual drug abusers who want every penny of any benefits they can lay their hands on to go to their drug habit. Things like cigarettes can be paid for by picking up recyclables or whatever isn't nailed down.

There's a guy for about $20 in meth who'll build you a trailer for your bike from a pair of stolen wheels with hubs and a walker. Wheelchairs make for great hubs & wheels.

There's an incredible underground economy designed just to rip off everyone else so they can get occasionally high. Meanwhile, shelter spaces remain vacant. They have rules, you know, and drug tests.