I live in Baltimore and see this every day on the JFK on the way home. Same people, some with prosthetic limbs even. I've even seen some of Baltimore's finest giving tickets to some standing at the corner. This is really eye opening for me as I do occasionally give them money when rounding the corner. I now know why an old friend of mine addicted to Heroin is doing the "HomeBum" thing. Same corner every day. He had a good job, but was injured, tried to work the system and fell into the drug despair and is now begging for money. Its pretty sad. Its obvious now that some choose to be there. Like the big girl who announced she has money for a home but chooses to be on the street. Why would anyone want to live like that? Its dumbfounding to me.
Thank you for posting this. I've changed my thinking on "doing the right thing" or what I perceived to be as helpful for a homeless person.
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I live in Baltimore and see this every day on the JFK on the way home. Same people, some with prosthetic limbs even. I've even seen some of Baltimore's finest giving tickets to some standing at the corner. This is really eye opening for me as I do occasionally give them money when rounding the corner. I now know why an old friend of mine addicted to Heroin is doing the "HomeBum" thing. Same corner every day. He had a good job, but was injured, tried to work the system and fell into the drug despair and is now begging for money. Its pretty sad. Its obvious now that some choose to be there. Like the big girl who announced she has money for a home but chooses to be on the street. Why would anyone want to live like that? Its dumbfounding to me.
Thank you for posting this. I've changed my thinking on "doing the right thing" or what I perceived to be as helpful for a homeless person.
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