I mean, it really depends where you go... In SF there used to be a lady who would chase people who came off the ferry from Oakland. She was never arrested (as

I mean, it really depends where you go... In SF there used to be a lady who would chase people who came off the ferry from Oakland. She was never arrested (as far as I know) and the police essentially ignored it. In Illinois, where I live now, there’s a “homeless, mentally unstable” person who is in the corner. Of course, if you watch he’s also collecting “tips” and dropping brown bags... which the people who tip pick up. They also have cell phones and all the “homeless” get together at dusk to head out (I assume to their house). The reality, is people see what they want you to see. The media, SF city government, etc. American cities aren’t particularly bad (thinking of gypsies in Paris or China’s slave.. I mean migrants), but they allow the “homeless”. The mentally unstable that are out there, are left there (for what ever reason). Either defunded government agencies, but more likely, they chose it. I’ve worked in shelters and they choose that life. The U.S. is a free society, in that, you have opportunity to do what you want. More often than not the beggers (somewhere along the line) made a choice. Now, they either can’t get out of it or don’t want help.