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Originally posted by Sausage
Gotta back Joe up here. I live in Brisbane and sure we have a few homeless, but they never go hungry with all the shelters and organisations helping them. Never seen anyone beg for change or beg for anything.
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No one disagreed with Joe that he doesn't see homeless people in Brisbane. That there are homeless people in Brisbane is beyond dispute though.
Why is there a cultural difference between the homeless of Brisbane and the homeless of Boston? Joe assumes, and his neurosis always kicks in on these matters, that there is something wrong with America and that's why. However, there is food and aid available for anyone that chooses it in the US and more so in any large city.
There are churches in nearly every city, for example, that pass out free lunches and dinners every day to homeless (and economically disadvantaged) people. Some people choose that route and others beg for change. I couldn't tell you why some homeless people refuse free food and others don't. Cultural manifestations the result of either untold causes or random events. There is some level of acceptance for panhandling in the US. An entire culture exists in many cities where people play music
(some quite well) for money on the streets. Why does that exist in one place and not another? Even in the US there is no such uniformity of such cultural practices from city to city or state to state.
Of course, Joe will next be trying to convince people that homelessness originated in the US.
One question, though. Where do they get money for booze?