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Poverty and extravagance. What a sad world.
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<blockquote data-quote="nlj" data-source="post: 626117" data-attributes="member: 17650"><p>Hey MWM, I love New York City! It's not that I think I saw the worst of your country, it's just that I'm far more aware of homeless people now because I always think of my son. New York is no different from London or Cardiff or Edinburgh when it comes to drug addicts and homelessness. (Have you seen the film 'Trainspotting'?) I do think the wealth in NYC is more 'in your face' maybe than some cities in the UK though and that contrast strikes me every time I visit. The UK is full of cynical people and apathy is rife. Some of our right-wing newspapers rant and rave about 'spongers' and Social Security rip-off scroungers and lazy unemployed people all the time. If anything I see far more cynicism here than anywhere. I agree that often money given to homeless persons will be spent on drugs, but that's not always the case and I did give to the organisation collecting in Times Square, because there must be genuine tragic cases of homelessness and I wouldn't want to not give to a worthy cause because of the risk that the money may be spent on drugs by someone whose case was not genuine. There were also plenty of youths doing stuff to get money, such as a young artist who made some amazing pictures with spray paints and tins and I bought 2 of his paintings. </p><p></p><p>I'll get that book, it sounds really good, thanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nlj, post: 626117, member: 17650"] Hey MWM, I love New York City! It's not that I think I saw the worst of your country, it's just that I'm far more aware of homeless people now because I always think of my son. New York is no different from London or Cardiff or Edinburgh when it comes to drug addicts and homelessness. (Have you seen the film 'Trainspotting'?) I do think the wealth in NYC is more 'in your face' maybe than some cities in the UK though and that contrast strikes me every time I visit. The UK is full of cynical people and apathy is rife. Some of our right-wing newspapers rant and rave about 'spongers' and Social Security rip-off scroungers and lazy unemployed people all the time. If anything I see far more cynicism here than anywhere. I agree that often money given to homeless persons will be spent on drugs, but that's not always the case and I did give to the organisation collecting in Times Square, because there must be genuine tragic cases of homelessness and I wouldn't want to not give to a worthy cause because of the risk that the money may be spent on drugs by someone whose case was not genuine. There were also plenty of youths doing stuff to get money, such as a young artist who made some amazing pictures with spray paints and tins and I bought 2 of his paintings. I'll get that book, it sounds really good, thanks. [/QUOTE]
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