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re: How is your city dealing with the scourge of panhandling?

Posted on 8/5/26 at 7:39 pm to
Posted by CoachChappy
Member since May 2013
34312 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 7:39 pm to
Lafayette was doing something about it. Then, white women elected a Dem mayor. We’re getting what we deserve now
Posted by junkfunky
Member since Jan 2011
36612 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 7:44 pm to
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Fort Worth has posted street signs everywhere telling people to not give them anything


2 hours ago I passed an older man with a significant limp holding a cash for diabetes sign (these are all over BR). When he got close to the corner he turned around and held up the back of the sign which said "food 4 work". That guy knows exactly how to deal with those signs. Who the hell is going to hire him for anything?
Posted by HoboDickCheese
The overpass
Member since Sep 2020
14261 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 7:56 pm to
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If people would just STOP giving them shite…
Mind your own damn business
Posted by BeachDude022
Premium Elite Platinum TD Member
Member since Dec 2006
36570 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 8:06 pm to
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I rarely see them in Frisco,


Because absolutely no one wants to be in little India, even the homeless
Posted by BabysArmHoldingApple
Lafayette
Member since Dec 2016
1391 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 8:06 pm to
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Lafayette


The same handful of people show up at different times in the medians at Camellia Blvd and Kaliste Saloom. Its almost like shift work.
Posted by BWHLSU
Member since Jul 2026
61 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 8:10 pm to
Rarely if ever see a soul where I am in Texas. But, am amazed due to a first amendment YT channel I've followed Florida absolutely protects panhandle as free speech as long as you don’t impede traffic. Honor Your Oath YT channel proves it and has for 15 years.
This post was edited on 8/5/26 at 8:12 pm
Posted by HeadSlash
TEAM LIVE BADASS - St. GEORGE
Member since Aug 2006
56493 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 8:15 pm to
Only time my dog gets aggressive, she sees panhandle or homeless walking and she starts barking aggressively. They bypass my truck in a hurry.
Posted by UKWildcats
Lexington, KY
Member since Mar 2015
20533 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 8:20 pm to
It's all over here in Lexington. It's a problem everywhere on the USA it seems. Which begs the question.....

....what laws changed to allow this bullshite everywhere? Because it is an epidemic in cities on every state it seems.

.....why isn't something done by the local governments. They put signs up saying "don't give to these people, it's dangerous, find better ways to give/help"......well, aren't you imbeciles in charge of not only the funds being allocated to these signs, but also passing ordinances allowing police to arrest these panhandlers like they absolutely once did?

What happened? And why is the answer undoubtedly related to Democrats?
Posted by PGAOLDBAWNevahBroke
Member since Oct 2025
594 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 8:28 pm to
You are the problem then, most of them are able bodied and same assholes out day in and day out with their dumb signs
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Geaux Tigers
Member since Mar 2026
1154 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 8:30 pm to
I refuse to concede on this subject. Say what you will, but I will always give out pocket change to the homeless and needy. I do it on a recurring basis to Scottish Rite Hospitals and other charities like food banks and will also continue do so on them skreets. It helps me in the long run in many ways

That person I gave a little $20 bill to is the one who tells me the word on the streets about who got got last week
This post was edited on 8/5/26 at 8:35 pm
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
11477 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 8:32 pm to
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I wonder if any "homeless" were smart enough to make a QR Code sticker to place over the city QR Code and the get the money sent to them instead. Create a fake account with a real sounding name.


You must be an Indian.
Posted by TigerBaitOohHaHa
Member since Jan 2023
2250 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 8:34 pm to
I never gave any thought to the difference between panhandlers and true homeless people until Houston did some expose about professional panhandling networks and I started paying attention to the fact that some old dude in a wheelchair is being dropped off with no belongings that a homeless person would have, a legible sign, a haircut, prescription glasses, clean clothes and newish sneakers. He doesn't seem to live anywhere nearby yet he is there every day.

Compare this to an actual homeless person with no personal hygiene, stained hospital gowns, missing shoes, bags of stuff, sleeping on the sidewalk, usually near a charity kitchen.
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
24269 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 8:36 pm to
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My wife was in Pittsburgh last week. She said the bums came into restaurants and panhandled.

In LA in 2014 I watched a homeless woman go from table to table at a sidewalk cafe. She got to me and I said no. Got cussed out, then the manager had her removed.
Posted by Ron Popeil
Mississippi coast or Fairgrounds
Member since Nov 2018
902 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 8:37 pm to
Thank you for my new outboard motor fund.
Posted by tiggerfan02 2021
HSV
Member since Jan 2021
4289 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 8:39 pm to
Do you leave Meow Mix out on your porch for all the stray cats in your neighborhood?
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Geaux Tigers
Member since Mar 2026
1154 posts
Posted on 8/5/26 at 8:40 pm to
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Do you leave Meow Mix out on your porch for all the stray cats in your neighborhood?
Lmao hell naw I'm a dog person. Cat people trip me out.

I do feed the birds though because Nature is awesome
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