News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Despite money and effort, homelessness in SF as bad as ever. Parent comment

Re:Despite money and effort, homelessness in SF as bad as ever by freyir on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @08:44PM (#14650863)
Maybe I look uncharitable, but I very rarely run into panhandlers in San Francisco.

Perhaps it depends on the neighborhood. In the Tenderloin and parts of SOMA, there is an abundance of drug addicts and people with mental health issues living on the streets. I'm randomly screamed at or verbally threatened, but they don't ask for money.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Despite money and effort, homelessness in SF as bad as ever by closeparen on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @10:52PM (#14651375)
I used to think there were lots of panhandlers asking for money.

Then I realized that there are roughly four different people working BART station entrances along Market Street, who collectively account for 100% of the times I've been asked for money.

[ Parent | on HN ]