holy crap, san fran has so many hobos!

[brianmanahan]

so i have been in SF for a few days. went to eat supper at a pizza place in what i thought was a decent part of town, about 10 feet inside the door. im almost finished eating when this hobo just saunters in, says something about jesus and then asks for money. im all like "ummm no" so he says "well then how about some of yo pizza?" i thought about giving him my last piece cuz i wasnt hungry anyway, but just gave him a piece of garlic bread and thankfully after that he split.

it was so weird! but it didnt stop there.

i left and went back to the hotel and was like 300 feet away, when some super drunk guy ran up and yelled "you should be gettin me a beer!" and grabbed my arm. it all happened so fast! after that i wanted to go burn my coat because the hobo was so greasy.

and between those 2 hobos, i passed a dumpster and just as i was walking by it, a guy just popped up out of the middle of it like it was one of those plastic ball pool things. dunno what he was doing in there really.

OHHHH and there was a hobo that was trailing me, swaring every 2 words and saying that if i accused him of anything he was gonna kill me. luckily i found a crowd and strategically passed through it to shake that bogey.

yeah, san francisco, its a weird weird place.

 

[pcgeek11]

What did you expect in California?

 

[ringtail]

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[HamburgerBoy]

Based on your signature, it goes to show that no matter how much you bulk up and try to display your masculinity, everyone will still treat you like the manlet you are.

 

[OverVolt]

That is what happens when you vote democrat, yes.

 

[pcgeek11]

Turds always draw flies!

 

[Thebobo]

The Hobo song

 

[Pocatello]

I would like to thank you San Fran for being such a wonderful place for hobos, so other places I love to visit in California don't have so many. Many of them are right down in-your-face.

 

[xSauronx]

The Hobo song

sort of expected a link to big rock candy mountain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSGuBNopzBw

 

[LTC8K6]

Hobos work. Those are bums.

 

[Markbnj]

Two SF homeless stories of my own: first, sitting inside the lobby of the Hilton Towers around 8 AM waiting for a colleague to come down, woman sitting across from me reading the paper, looks like an executive with overcoat, scarf, roll-on suitcase standing by the chair. After a couple of minutes I realize that everything she has came out of the trash.

Second, standing outside that same hotel with a colleague, smoking a cigar about 9 pm. This ancient crone about 4' 5" is slowly hobbling up the street, wrapped in wrags and carrying a paper bag. Just as she is abreast of us she turns and walks straight up to my friend and shouts "F*ck me in the ass!" Then she continues on her way.

 

[mmntech]

I suppose the homeless are attracted to San Francisco for the same reasons they're attracted to Vancouver here. The weather is nice and the local population is very left wing. So they're more tolerant of drug abuse and panhandling.

A lot of people misunderstand the problem, including a lot of folks on the left who claim to be homeless advocates. The vast majority of them are mentally ill. It's deeply disturbing when you think about it. You're really just a few crossed wires in your brain from sitting in your warm home or office to ranting on a street corner with nowhere else to go. Problem is shelters aren't equipped to deal with mental illness and there's far too few beds in mental health wards to accommodate them all in a clean, safe environment.

 

[Sluggo]

You aren't supposed to call them hobos or homeless people.

They are now referred to as "individuals with career and residency challenges."

Hopefully soon we can rid society and this message board of such of demeaning terms like "hobo."

 

[nickbits]

If I was homeless, I'd probably make my way to san diego or san francisco, so I'm not surprised.

 

[Vdubchaos]

This it typical of ANY city in ANY part of the world.

Resolution - stay away from cities (not that suburbs don't have them, they are just spread out more)

 

[brianmanahan]

Two SF homeless stories of my own: first, sitting inside the lobby of the Hilton Towers around 8 AM waiting for a colleague to come down, woman sitting across from me reading the paper, looks like an executive with overcoat, scarf, roll-on suitcase standing by the chair. After a couple of minutes I realize that everything she has came out of the trash.

Second, standing outside that same hotel with a colleague, smoking a cigar about 9 pm. This ancient crone about 4' 5" is slowly hobbling up the street, wrapped in wrags and carrying a paper bag. Just as she is abreast of us she turns and walks straight up to my friend and shouts "F*** me in the a**!" Then she continues on her way.

yeah some of them can fool with their appearence and demeanor! had a white guy, 40s, looked like a tourist come up and start telling some story about he was staying here with his wife on a trip and was going to vegas tomorrow. it wasnt until he said he needed money that i knew he was a hobo!

 

[brianmanahan]

This it typical of ANY city in ANY part of the world.

Resolution - stay away from cities (not that suburbs don't have them, they are just spread out more)

but its SO MUCH WORSE than any i have ever seen

i thought cleveland and columbus and toledo were bad, but i have seen more hobos here in 4 days in SF than i have seen in a lifetime in those 3 cities.

 

[Mermaidman]

Nevermind. "I thought you called me a romo."

 

[Imp]

Weather's nice year round... If I were a hobo, I'd try to hop some trains to LA. Oh, and rich people. Generous rich people?

 

[brianmanahan]

there are a lot of rich people around here, its true. i think software dev jobs pay a good %50 to %80 more here than where i come from.

but there is no way i would want to live in SF. such bad traffic and the wind is always so freakin cold! not to mention the hobos.

 

[halik]

 

[IronWing]

Going to San Francisco and complaining about hobos is like going to Athens and complaining about the owls.

 

[zinfamous]

those are bums.

not hobos.

 

[zinfamous]

I suppose the homeless are attracted to San Francisco for the same reasons they're attracted to Vancouver here. The weather is nice and the local population is very left wing. So they're more tolerant of drug abuse and panhandling.

A lot of people misunderstand the problem, including a lot of folks on the left who claim to be homeless advocates. The vast majority of them are mentally ill. It's deeply disturbing when you think about it. You're really just a few crossed wires in your brain from sitting in your warm home or office to ranting on a street corner with nowhere else to go. Problem is shelters aren't equipped to deal with mental illness and there's far too few beds in mental health wards to accommodate them all in a clean, safe environment.

and good 'ol Nevada has been actively shipping mentally ill patients to California

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/14/5340078/nevada-buses-hundreds-of-mentally.html

 

[Imp]

there are a lot of rich people around here, its true. i think software dev jobs pay a good %50 to %80 more here than where i come from.

but there is no way i would want to live in SF. such bad traffic and the wind is always so freakin cold! not to mention the hobos.

Dude, hobo don't have or need a car.

And hobo has at least a wall or two, dumpster, or cardboard box. No wind problems!

I'm going to hell for making fun of homeless people.