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Old 08-25-2015, 07:26 PM
 
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In the past few months the amount of people standing on corners with signs begging has exploded. Today, in 5 minutes I passed a couple with 3 kids, a guy alone, a group of young guys with a sign and a women and young child crossing street with their cardboard sign. I wanted to tell her she was too late, 3 groups ahead of her.

What is going on??
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Old 08-25-2015, 08:44 PM
 
Location: Eastern Colorado
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It has gotten bad lately, and I think the biggest causes are the jumps in rent as well as the guys from the oil field getting laid off with no hope for a quick return to work making anywhere close to the money they were. It is hard to pay your own bills when jobs are paying $8.50-10 an hour for unskilled labor.
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Old 08-26-2015, 08:19 AM
 
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I haven't noticed this yet. What part(s) of FC? It could be people moving here based on positive news (but little research), then seeing what costs are really like. And/or thinking FC is a town flowing with sympathy and lots of people ready to donate $ to anyone, which I would say is not accurate.

The last time I saw any panhandling (I think that's the standard word) was back in about April or so.
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Old 08-26-2015, 12:40 PM
 
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I was in Old Town over the weekend, and there were easily a dozen or more people with cardboard signs, asking for money.

Statistically, the economy has been recovering. Statistically, it does NOT inure to the benefit of everybody.

And ... yeah ... housing costs are approaching ridiculous. Lots of people could be one paycheck away from losing everything.

Some have said that FC's location on train tracks facilitates an influx of people of no means. Not sure ....

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Old 08-26-2015, 12:53 PM
 
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Thanks NBeener for the update. We don't get to Old Town very often. That seems like an unusually large number of people though; something that would stand out and get attention.

I took my son to one of the local nature areas once, which happens to be near railroad tracks, and did witness what looked like vagrants getting off the train when it stopped.

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Old 08-28-2015, 07:37 AM
 
Location: Colorado Springs
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Seems as if the homeless and panhandling situation has stepped up considerably along the front range over the last decade and there are no town immune from it. I'm sure there are as many causes for it as people doing it and the solution to clean it up is not a simple nor one size fits all proposition.
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Old 08-30-2015, 08:29 AM
 
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I fee like "beggars gone wild" is the video no one would purchase.
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Old 08-31-2015, 09:42 AM
 
Location: Colorado Springs
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Its a police training video.

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