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susanmosley · January 2012

I tried to post a poll a minute ago, but I think the bump ate it. So if it shows up and there are two of these - sorry.[Poll]

LynsiBHM · January 2012

I used to see them daily before I started to SAH (on my way to and from my office.) Now it's rare since I live in a suburb and don't go out a whole lot.

CocoBrynne · January 2012

Not even once a month for me. Maybe I see 5-6 a yr. When I do see one, it's always on the off ramp of the main interstate or by the entrance to one of the shopping centers.

Stacyc625 · January 2012

When I lived in the city- daily.

Now that I am in the suburbs- I only see them when I am in a less desirable part of the suburbs where I do my volunteer work at the State Hospital.

ali-1411 · January 2012

I saw them everyday in Detroit. I went to the university downtown, they would come into the study halls to sleep or wash up in the bathrooms. Then I worked downtown, my building was by the bus stop. People were always hanging around outside the building, asking for money or for a cigarette. Security would move them along if they stayed too long or got rowdy but they were rarely an issue. I would chat with them on my smoke breaks. Definitely some interesting people.

I didn't see nearly as many in downtown Austin. Maybe because of where my building was located but there just weren't so many hanging around downtown. But they do camp out under the overpasses and bridges.

Now we're in a small city, mainly residential. Sometimes you see hitchhikers by the freeway but that's about it.

BananaBlitz · January 2012

When I worked, daily.

In my town, never. But, there is this one scraggly man who walks around our neighborhood/area. Per the neighbors, he is perfectly nice (we've said hello many times), and rumor has it he is not homeless, has a house nearby (nice area)... is just a little "off." But if you saw him without knowing him, you'd think he was homeless. He walks around collecting cans all day.

McAllie5 · January 2012

SS- I only leave the house a few times during the week, and when I do I don't take a highway. We're in Houston, and there is almost always someone asking for money around the highway intersections. So if I go that way, I'll see someone. To clarify, I'm not changing my route because of people asking for money, I just happen to be going the other way.

Sharon21 · January 2012

I voted monthly but it really depends on the month. If we are going into the nearby city I almost always see at least one. Sometimes we go a few times a month sometimes not at all so I figured monthly was a good average. We are in the suburbs and one of the nicest in this area so there aren't any around here.

Recently the city we are close to passed a no panhandling law and a lot of the surrounding cities (suburbs, but our suburbs are large enough that they are considered cities themselves) have too. It has made an impact because I haven't seen any in a little while.

nonoemily · January 2012

Umm, in Portland, Oregon? LOL! Every time I look out the window, pretty much. We have a temperate climate and a lot of green space, so this is where people come to be homeless.

Doesn't bother me one bit. Most of them are very nice and reasonable. Sometimes you see crazy people, but they are usually easy to avoid. Aggressive panhandling isn't tolerated here, but we have the usual folks at major intersections and freeway on ramps.

sawyerthedestroyer · January 2012

We have one "bum" in our town that everyone calls Bird Man (because he likes to shoot the bird at passing cars on the highway). Everyone knows he's not mentally all there. Anyway, we see him a lot in the warmer months, but we haven't seen him but maybe once or twice since it got cold.

hayleydeee · January 2012

I don't go out everyday, but if I did I would see them.

ashleyhuney · January 2012

I don't remember the last timeI saw a homeless person. However I live in an interesting area, a gated rural community in a very small town thats 15 miles of windy road to a bigger town. A homeless person would have to be nuts to hang out here

AlabamaMamma224 · January 2012

If I stay fairly local very rarely. Whenever I go into Huntsville, (the big city y'all) which is about 20 minutes from me, it is very common to see.

Dochas · January 2012

Never since I stopped working. Several times a day when I did.

EnglishMajor03 · January 2012

We live in a very residential area but we see them weekly. They are often walking the streets during garbage day sorting through things. It's very sad.

The_Jen626 · January 2012

nonoemily:

Umm, in Portland, Oregon? LOL! Every time I look out the window, pretty much. We have a temperate climate and a lot of green space, so this is where people come to be homeless.

Doesn't bother me one bit. Most of them are very nice and reasonable. Sometimes you see crazy people, but they are usually easy to avoid. Aggressive panhandling isn't tolerated here, but we have the usual folks at major intersections and freeway on ramps.

Exactly. They are everywhere here. And I think maybe 20% of the "ones with the signs by the freeways" are actually homeless.

DH had a guy that used to work for him. He was an alcoholic, always late for work, sexually harassed a lady at work, etc. DH fired him, and then a few weeks later saw that guy, holding a sign that said "disabled Vet" or something, which was completely not true. Ever since then, I don't ever give money to them.

JoannaJes · January 2012

Now, hardly ever.

When we lived in Houston and Phoenix, every day.

Phoenix, and more specifically Tempe, had a large population of teenage homeless. For me, that's harder to see.

nonoemily · January 2012

The_Jen626:
nonoemily:

Umm, in Portland, Oregon? LOL! Every time I look out the window, pretty much. We have a temperate climate and a lot of green space, so this is where people come to be homeless.

Doesn't bother me one bit. Most of them are very nice and reasonable. Sometimes you see crazy people, but they are usually easy to avoid. Aggressive panhandling isn't tolerated here, but we have the usual folks at major intersections and freeway on ramps.

Exactly. They are everywhere here. And I think maybe 20% of the "ones with the signs by the freeways" are actually homeless.

DH had a guy that used to work for him. He was an alcoholic, always late for work, sexually harassed a lady at work, etc. DH fired him, and then a few weeks later saw that guy, holding a sign that said "disabled Vet" or something, which was completely not true. Ever since then, I don't ever give money to them.

The other day I saw a lady standing on E Burnside and 11th holding a cardboard sign that said "Laid off Public School Teacher".

Indifferent

sophie206 · January 2012

When I worked in downtown Seattle - daily. Now we have some in the residential area that I live in standing outside of a few shopping centers...so probably weekly. And if I drive DH to work at the UW there is always one at an intersection that we cross.

Temp174496125006552 · January 2012

Years ago when I worked in downtown Philly, it was almost daily.

DH and I go to dinner downtown once or twice a year and it's almost a given that we will see a homeless person(s).

Jordan is going to college in Philadelphia and since she started at the end of August, when I've been down there, I have seen and given food to 3 or 4 homeless people.

Timshel17 · January 2012

First of all, I was expecting this post to be about butts. Secondly, we don't ever see them as long as we stay in our small town but when we drive two hours to "the city" we always see them there.

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