East Syracuse Attracts Drifters! (Fremont: living, store, move)
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East Syracuse, probably because of the railyards, has become a drifter magnet. Last summer, there were four drifter couples camped out under the bridge. All the couples had one dog.
They seem polite enough, but I'd prefer the area underneath the Bridge Street bridge not be the local drifter hotspot.
That explains why I've seen folks matching that description - with dogs - holding up their panhandle signs at the Wal-Mart entrance on Bridge Street.
I hopped freight trains for long distance travel back in the day - late 1970's - but I never camped under a bridge or in any other urban locations. And I sure as heck never panhandled. I found day labor when I needed cash. Meals were available if you knew where to go and if you needed an indoor bed there was always the Mission or Salvation Army (if you didn't mind their efforts to "save your soul."
That explains why I've seen folks matching that description - with dogs - holding up their panhandle signs at the Wal-Mart entrance on Bridge Street.
I hopped freight trains for long distance travel back in the day - late 1970's - but I never camped under a bridge or in any other urban locations. And I sure as heck never panhandled. I found day labor when I needed cash. Meals were available if you knew where to go and if you needed an indoor bed there was always the Mission or Salvation Army (if you didn't mind their efforts to "save your soul."
The nexus of the railway, the Wal-Mart, the Aldi grocery store and the bridge makes for easy summer-time living. I think the addition of dogs are a new touch among drifters. Some folks who would normally refuse human panhandlers may worry that the dog won't be fed.
Most of them do drift off to warmer climes during winter. Cities like San Francisco - where one can live outdoors all year long and the public policy towards vagrancy and panhandling is very lenient - have huge problems with this.
I saw a drifter with a dog just the other day on Bear St near the mall. I thought it was strange because if you can't feed yourself, how are you going to feed a dog? But then again, I wouldn't give up my 2 dogs for anything, even if I was homeless.
There's a HUGE homeless population in Hawaii. But they rarely, if ever, panhandled which was nice because you don't want to be hassled for money all of the time. Recently, Hawaii has been cracking down on homeless in public parks but they always just move on to the next one - when you live on an island, you're really limited on where you can go.
The nexus of the railway, the Wal-Mart, the Aldi grocery store and the bridge makes for easy summer-time living. I think the addition of dogs are a new touch among drifters. Some folks who would normally refuse human panhandlers may worry that the dog won't be fed.
Don't forget the hidden Fremont Bakery on Second Street(good pastries-BTW). You have the Thrift store close to the tracks too. Maybe there are some scraps from Rico's Ristorante as well.
Don't forget the hidden Fremont Bakery on Second Street(good pastries-BTW). You have the Thrift store close to the tracks too. Maybe there are some scraps from Rico's Ristorante as well.
The owner of the Fremont Bakery was the person who brought the issue to my attention.
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