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Originally posted by AGDee
I'd rather give directly to the soup kitchens/food banks that directly help the poor because then I know it's being used for a good purpose.
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This is what I do. There's a huge homeless problem in my hometown, and it's due to the fact somehow we got named as a "homeless friendly" location. For about the past ten years, they've all mainly lived downtown and camped out on the Ohio River, but Huntington is starting to revamp the downtown, and they're trying to get rid of them. Quite honestly, I do wish they would go away. It's mean, but when I go to work downtown, I'm always heckled by them, and they don't ask for money--they ask for sex, or if I have drugs. One of the resturants has an outdoor eating area, and the homeless will go and yell obscenities at the diners. The very first day of my very first job in high school, my co-worker and I sat and watched Russ (who was buried under a bunch of dirty facial hair) sit and drink mouth wash. It's just a huge problem, and it does affect people's willingness to conduct business downtown, or do anything, for that matter.
Most of the legit homeless (like those who lost their jobs, house burned down, etc.) go to the city mission outreach, which is very extensive in my town. Most of the homeless who cause problems are not from my area.
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