I've only felt threatened by a homeless person once and it was in Denver. I was walking down the street (colfax if you know denver) with my girlfriend and her best friend and they were laughing like chicks do, telling old stories. I saw this guy yelling at traffic way before they did, but it was too late to tell them to stop laughing. I knew what was about to happen. Sure enough he thought they were laughing at him and he went off. What are you laughing at bitches, etc. Followed us to the corner where we were waiting on the crosswalk light to change and got in our faces. Inches from us - screaming as loud as he could. I put myself between him and the girls and he went off on me. Apparently they were dykes and was their "*** boy". Also the very pale white girls were "ni*gers". The light changes and he follows us into the street halfway and launches into a string of profanity and racial slurs that was so absurd we all started laughing when we made it to safety. Every insult he said to me I just nodded my head. I knew anything I said would make it worse. It was a little nerve racking. The only comforting thing was he was a tiny guy, but he had weird stick & poke tattoos on his face and was clearly schizophrenic or the like. Little guy or not, most homeless guys can outfight the average untrained Joe. The ones that can't don't make it on the streets long. I did not want to have contact with him. For all I know he had dirty needles in his pockets.
I've just came to accept it as part of city life. I live off Cherry St and we have plenty around the neighborhood. The extremely unstable ones can probably never be helped, but I wish more could be done for the rest of them. The ones that are often victimized by the violent ones.
I prioritize and give to the homeless with dogs, the ones without signs, etc. On Thanksgiving there was a guy sitting out of the rain under the overpass at Utica and the BA. No sign, nothing. Just trying to stay dry in all that rain we had. I saw he had a dog all wrapped up in coats and stuff by his feet. I went home and put together a bag with a hat, some gloves, some quarters from my change jar and a couple dollar bills, dog food, and 2 beers in it for him. He was a really nice guy. I asked him if he needed anything from the grocery store and he said no, he already ate the free turkey dinner and I'd done too much. I still see him around. probably put together some more stuff for him soon. Had a similar experience in Dallas last year - guy told me he didn't need anything but I said "so you're saying you wouldn't eat a cheeseburger? because I'm getting cheeseburgers" and he just smiled. I brought him In 'n Out and he inhaled it. LOL. Old Indian drunk dude. Said his best friend got killed the year before and he'd been beat up a few weeks ago by a young homeless guy.
Homeless are like people in the business world often are. The selfish ****** ones without empathy can often rise to the top so to speak. The top of the homeless food chain ain't much, but it's sure better than the bottom.
It's a ****** world for a lot of people. A couple times I've seen young women appear around the neighborhood that look "newly homeless". Clean, carrying a couple pairs of shoes and other random stuff. One sat crying off and on for a long time one day. Looked like someone just dropped her off at the gas station Could be traveling hookers or just girls who lost their place for whatever reason. I can't imagine how scary that would be.
I've just came to accept it as part of city life. I live off Cherry St and we have plenty around the neighborhood. The extremely unstable ones can probably never be helped, but I wish more could be done for the rest of them. The ones that are often victimized by the violent ones.
I prioritize and give to the homeless with dogs, the ones without signs, etc. On Thanksgiving there was a guy sitting out of the rain under the overpass at Utica and the BA. No sign, nothing. Just trying to stay dry in all that rain we had. I saw he had a dog all wrapped up in coats and stuff by his feet. I went home and put together a bag with a hat, some gloves, some quarters from my change jar and a couple dollar bills, dog food, and 2 beers in it for him. He was a really nice guy. I asked him if he needed anything from the grocery store and he said no, he already ate the free turkey dinner and I'd done too much. I still see him around. probably put together some more stuff for him soon. Had a similar experience in Dallas last year - guy told me he didn't need anything but I said "so you're saying you wouldn't eat a cheeseburger? because I'm getting cheeseburgers" and he just smiled. I brought him In 'n Out and he inhaled it. LOL. Old Indian drunk dude. Said his best friend got killed the year before and he'd been beat up a few weeks ago by a young homeless guy.
Homeless are like people in the business world often are. The selfish ****** ones without empathy can often rise to the top so to speak. The top of the homeless food chain ain't much, but it's sure better than the bottom.
It's a ****** world for a lot of people. A couple times I've seen young women appear around the neighborhood that look "newly homeless". Clean, carrying a couple pairs of shoes and other random stuff. One sat crying off and on for a long time one day. Looked like someone just dropped her off at the gas station Could be traveling hookers or just girls who lost their place for whatever reason. I can't imagine how scary that would be.