'Tent Cities': Nashville. Olympia, St. Petersburg, Fresno, Seattle, Sacramento & More

Having just spent 2 months in Southern CA and drove back to Denver I had a chance to take stocks of things. Both CA and NV have roughly 10% unemployment, CO around 6.5%. I was aggressively panhandled in both states. I have not seen that in the section of Denver I live in yet. I had bums begging when I left the parking lot of Home Depot in So Cal. I had a guy aggressively panhandling me inside In and Out off The Strip in Vegas. I have never seen that in America, guy going quickly and discretely from table to table begging for money before management could get wind and tell him to bail.

I fell bad for these folks I really do, but I don't give them money, esp. don't open your wallet. There is nothing to stop them from rushing you when you open your wallet. It's a safety issue. Spend some time learning basic self defense. Crime will increase for sure. Will it get Mad Max, I don't think so.
 
LOL! That's one of the funniest lines I've ever read on Elite! Kudos

Quote from ByLoSellHi:

I'm not a big gambler, and some of the gentlemen that head down there for this ritual get out of control at the dice tables.

Why don't you get your ass down there and feed that bastard?
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Quote from gucci:

Just calm down dude... I wasn't saying you're a bad person. If you looked up my profile, you'd see why I'm unwilling to "get my ass down there". By the way, why is that person a bastard now?
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No, I mean that I've gotten to know about that guy over the last 2 years or so, and he has told me he's a bastard because he doesn't even know who his father is or anything.

That poor son of a bitch.
 
Quote from misterno:

I was wondering if it is possible to short homeless people.

Any ideas?
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Not a great idea to short homeless people, they have no where to go but up!

However, you could put all your trades up in a journal in real time, and allow us the opportunity to short you and bet on you going homeless, what do ya think?
 
Quote from mschey:

Not a great idea to short homeless people, they have no where to go but up!

However, you could put all your trades up in a journal in real time, and allow us the opportunity to short you and bet on you going homeless, what do ya think?
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:D
 
Quote from misterno:

I was wondering if it is possible to short homeless people.

Any ideas?
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At this point sir, homeless shares are very hard to borrow, since big money has the market cornered. I would recommend that you go long tent manufacturers instead, but hedge yourself with some lumber contracts just in case there is a shortage of canvas !
 
Quote from Bigpipn:

You're telling me the only difference between this guy and that guy is luck ?

I live in St. Petersburg, FL and I am telling you, it is getting VERY BAD. There are Tent Cities showing up all over the place. Downtown is a mess.

I was rinsing off my car at a Do-it-yourself car wash and this guy comes up to me as I'm putting quarters in to ask for change. To get him away from me, I give him the 3 extra quarters that I had. Well, he comes back with his woman and 2 other guys and says "What about my friends? We can't eat on 75 cents? We need about 3 or 4 dollars to eat."

Wow. They're getting demanding.
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So what did you do? I would have pulled out my 45.
 
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