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I once got yelled at by a pizza shop owner for buying a homeless guy a couple slices in the Lower East Side. It never crossed my mind that someone would take is

• Crito 12y ago
  Many small businesses like that have issues with homeless people camping directly outside their business, harassing their customers asking for food. When people buy food for them, it encourages them to stick around and keep it up. As you might imagine, having homeless people standing around outside harassing your customers is not great for business.
  • mtalantikite 12y ago
    The guy wasn't outside harassing people, we were talking a couple blocks away and I asked him if he was hungry.
  • omegaham 12y ago
    Yep. I don't go to certain parts of Portland because it's so unpleasant. Those businesses suffer for it.