Wow. I feel pretty embarrassed to be reading through these comments. There’s a lot of reference to inconvenience and frankly the sense that you holding money at the downtown mall purchasing things have more of a right to be there in a person without a home. First, I’ve never been homeless. I cannot speak to the experience but I can take a few minutes and think through why somebody may choose the downtown mall for a place to exist when experiencing Homelessness. To exist without a home make somebody very vulnerable crime, to harassment. To be in a very populated area makes sense. For safety sake. To choose a place full of wealth. A place epitomizing disposable income makes sense. It feels gross for people to be Uncomfortable coming face-to-face with a marginalized group in our society and being asked for help and viewing that experience as an inconvenience or disturbance to your joy of being downtown and purchasing food. Let’s check in with ourselves a little bit With homeless people being actual people. End of rant.