I’ve had to sleep in my car in a midwestern winter. If I hadn’t been in school and expecting to find a place to stay I probably would’ve headed out to the west coast too. Milder seasons are extremely valuable in such situations.
There’s also a thing I’ve heard of with more conservative states shipping some of their homeless to the coasts so as to not have to deal with them themselves
It’s very real. Where I live I think I’ve only seen someone try to clean my windshield maybe twice. But seeing people beg on intersection corners is a very common sight. There’s whole tent cities out here. The solution? Obviously it’s to criminalize begging and post signs everywhere that say “Be part of the solution, say no to panhandlers” as if that solves anything. The ‘ol ignore it and maybe it’ll go away approach.
I also see a lot of people selling flowers, or occasionally candy apples at intersections as well.
And when they’re stopped at the lights, the desperate people knocking on their window hoping for some loose change
I’ve always wondered if that and the people coming to clean your windshield etc. are a real, common thing or just movie/tv show trope
It’s real in some parts of Los Angeles for sure.
I’ve often used about homeless people in Los Angeles. What’s it about LA that they’re associated with/have a large homeless population?
Or maybe it was San Francisco. I think one of those.
It’s great weather to be homeless in.
I’ve had to sleep in my car in a midwestern winter. If I hadn’t been in school and expecting to find a place to stay I probably would’ve headed out to the west coast too. Milder seasons are extremely valuable in such situations.
There’s also a thing I’ve heard of with more conservative states shipping some of their homeless to the coasts so as to not have to deal with them themselves
It’s real
I’ve seen poor bastards putting themselves in harm’s way in moving traffic, desperate for some help
Damn that’s rough
It’s very real. Where I live I think I’ve only seen someone try to clean my windshield maybe twice. But seeing people beg on intersection corners is a very common sight. There’s whole tent cities out here. The solution? Obviously it’s to criminalize begging and post signs everywhere that say “Be part of the solution, say no to panhandlers” as if that solves anything. The ‘ol ignore it and maybe it’ll go away approach.
I also see a lot of people selling flowers, or occasionally candy apples at intersections as well.