the only thing I hate about

walkin dowtown are the countless hobos and hippies askin for spare change. they always seem to hang out in front of the coffee shop, or by the atm....

 

yea, they annoy me too, i hate saying no, but i dont like to say yes either

 

They bother me too, I just walk by them unless they are really cool, and play like the bongos or something

 

That's why I wouldn't want to live in a college town, or one dominated by unwashed, longhaired hippy scum.

 

tell them thats your beer money in your pocket.. not theirs

 

haha matt, Im sure downtown rochester has its collection of hobos too.

the ones who play bongos and guitars and stuff, never bother ya, its the ones just hangin out doin nothin that get up into your face and ask for change. there was this one guy who tried to start this conversation with me about him seein 12 different dead shows in the 80s, and then his punchline was, do you have any spare change?? bastard.

 

haha, what did you say?

 

here they are hardcore crack heads, so i do give them change once in a while

 

i never know how much to gine them, what do you reccomend?

 

should check the ones out in downtown boston, especially up by beacon hill where the governor is haha. the ones that piss me off are around downtown crossing. theres some cool ones by copley, but now the crackheads are invading.

 

I told them what I tell all of them....... that I dont have any.

 

yea, but i still never know how much to give them, i only pay the ones with instruments, theyre mostly hippies, and i know a lot of them, so i figure its okay

 

well, yeah, they at least have a talent....... the other ones are just lookin for drug money

 

yeah, that really pisses me off. because you know exactly where its going, and they probably owe a load of money, but arent sensible enough to do something about it

 

I feel so guilty for not giving them someting... I wish someone could take care of them... build some sort of free hobo home...

 

theres an idea.. build one from old shopping carts and cardboard boxes.. maybe an old train car

 

wow, i think that would be cool, how would you fund it?

 

Me and my friends sometimes go to certain coffee shops and say that were just gonna buy tons of coffee for homeless people and they usually give us really good deals.... we just walk around handing out coffee to randoms

 

how odd, sweet of you and the coffee shop workers

 

simple.. i'd just stand near the ATM and outside the minimart asking regular folks for their spare change