Dear Ornot,
I live in San Francisco and have a homeless problem outside my downtown apartment. At first it was just one homeless person and I thought if I fed him and provided some goodies he would be helped and move on.
But instead I know not only have him but some of his buddies hanging around too! And they make a terrible mess, go to the bathroom on the building and keep me up late at night with drunken-high screaming.
I gave them more food, more clothes, some housing help, help with their healthcare, heck I even gave them clean needles to shoot up with, but no matter how much more "help" I keep giving, they just seem to keep coming back and in greater numbers.
I just don't know what to do, do you think I should stop? Or maybe if I just give them even more free things the problem will go away, but I'm almost out of money, maybe I just need a little bit more funding and that should do it.
Or maybe it almost seems like I am perpetuating their dependence, or at least so my crazy Conservative friend tells me.
Please help,
Sleepless in Frisco.
