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When I was in Germany, I saw a lot of people begging for money. I was actually suprised by the number of young kids that were out begging. They would often go from subway to subway car asking people for hand outs.
In the netherlands many of them slept in the railway stations.
In France you get mobbed by homeless people begging for money if you walk anywhere near the eiffle tower.
The worst I've seen it here was in Venice beach california - unreal number of people sleeping in the parks and on the beach who were obviously homeless.
One thing to consider - many of these people dropped out of society because they wanted to - not neccesarily because they were forced to.
I read an article in the NY Times recently about these homeless transients who migrate to warmer climates in the winter and come north in the summer.
They hang out in cities - do odd jobs and also beg for money. They pretty much choose to do what they do - and don't like shelters because of the rules that get forced on them and the fact that they can apparently be more dangerous than the street at times.
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