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James Farrar · September 22nd 03, 07:08 PM posted to uk.transport.london

(Mrs C) wrote:

I visited San Francisco earlier this year for the first time. I was
accosted by more pan-handlers, beggars and drunks in central SF in
one day than I would be in central London in a month. And the homeless
situation seems to be far, far worse in SF - or perhaps I'm just
oblivious to it in London.

I'm oblivious to them everywhere. Looking back on it, the Street Sheet
sellers tend to be less aggressive than the Big Issue sellers, and I
don't think the homeless/begging situation is any worse than in
London, bearing in mind that the tourist/business area is so much
smaller., you would expect more beggars/street sleepers per mile of
pavement, and I'm not at all sure that's the case.

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