Seattle: Day 1
Written by The Boxman   
Saturday, 06 March 2010

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Tag team bums

Seattle may be home to the luxury priced cup of coffee, Microsoft, Boeing and outdoor gear giant REI and a bunch of neo hippies saving the earth by riding their bikes to work, buying locally, and recycling everything.  This probably explains why they are the west coast bum capital as people land in Seattle to recycle their life as a panhandler.

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Seattle - Coffee, Youth & Bums
Written by The Boxman   
Thursday, 04 February 2010
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Barista Bums
Our agents have hit the street of Seattle at the optimum time to assess the street people situation in the Pacific Northwest.  The Seattle Times reported that two local service providers will be receiving over $7 million dollars in funding for programs to get homeless youth off the streets permanently.  It appears from our agents initial reports that Seattle will need more that $7 million.

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Welcome To Street-People.com
Written by The Boxman   
Saturday, 01 July 2006

 

The BoxmanYou will find them in nearly every city:  the homeless, the disenfranchised, panhandlers, hobos and bums.  Street people.  They will ask you for absolutely anything:  spare change, a cigarette, a light, the time of day.  They may even tell you an elaborate story about their plight involving a broken down car and a pregnant wife.

Every time you walk down the street, you are almost certain to be accosted by a street person begging for something, and each encounter raises a personal dilemma: "Is this a scam, or is this person truly needy?"

Street-People.com was created to chronicle the stories of the homeless and raise awareness of the continuing problem of homelessness through the use of humor. Here they are entertainment, like creatures in an online petting zoo without the urine smell.

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