Over the past couple of weeks I have seen something I really haven’t seen much before, homeless people in the suburbs. I have seen 4 regulars so far.
Two are in Countryside, walking North on LaGrange road in the morning. One man and one woman, each pushing a battered old shopping cart full of the stuff that homeless people collect.
Another I saw tonight, in Oak Lawn, by the Home Depot on 95th street. I have never seen such battered clothes.
Finally, the one that is really heart breaking is a late 30’s early 40’s guy at 87th and Narragansett, with a sign that reads simply, Will Work For Food.
I don’t have the heart to take a photo of him.
One would think after 6 years of ‘compassionate conservatism’ you would not see this.
Think of what that half a trillion wasted on Iraq would of done.
In my 33 years on this earth, I don’t really remember this country looking this bad. Maybe in the late 80’s, early 90’s it was pretty shaky too. The streets are cracked and broken, the people are cracked and broken.
There are empty lots and unmowed lawns and houses for sale everywhere, in even formerly rich areas.
What is going on?