I am not speaking about the 'undersheltered' -- people cadging a bed at a friend's home -- I am speaking about those actually living on the street.
In the 905 region they do not live on sidewalks, as in Toronto, but rather behind dumpsters or under locomotive bridges.
I ran across a homeless man last time I was in Richmond Hill. He claimed to be looking for work and was clearly aiming for a few dollars as a handout. I gave it to him.
Once C. S. Lewis gave a few shillings to a tramp and a friend told Lewis the tramp would just spend the money on whiskey or beer. Lewis replied that if he had kept the money he would probably have spent in on the same thing. Judge not ... .
James Morton
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it's a problem in Markham as well, although in visible to most. We had a homeless man living in our subdivision a couple of years ago. He was sleeping under the pear tree (and eating the fruit), until the locals chased him away :(
Chased away - that's sad. Same sort of thing happened in my hood a few year ago. Homeless person chased out fo a vacant field.
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