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Amran Gowani's avatar

I haven't carried cash since 1999, so I can't give money to people on the streets, which I often feel bad about. Many times here in Chicago, especially during the brutal ass winters, I've offered to buy people a meal or preemptively bought them food at a restaurant I'm patronizing.

Lately we've seen a big increase in migrants who were unwittingly shipped here from Florida and Texas. It's grim, and I once purchased a $25 Target gift card for a family with small children. We're financially stable, but giving families $25 even once a week isn't sustainable. Ultimately homelessness is a problem which needs to be addressed by public policy.

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Lucy Conway's avatar

Pan flute rejection made me LOL.

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