Changes

Lately I have been feeing very perplexed by homeless people. Im not stranger to them. I think I set the bar pretty high as far as mind boggling homeless people experiences go. Living in big cities has provided me with these. After moving from NYC to Chicago I will notice certain comparisons are differences between the two cities. The biggest difference is the smell. Chicago does not have heaps of garbage lining the streets which I believe helps to contribute to the wonderful smells. I will not miss walking through thick, lingering clouds that have a stench like nothing else. It is indescribable. The only appropriate way to describe it would be to say that it simply smells like NYC air.

The next thing I have noticed that really seem to be different here are the homeless inhabitants. It's probably really messed up to say this but it's like they are a different bread over here. Sorry to anyone who love homeless people. Their way of life and means of survival are different than those in NYC. Its interesting to me that people in the same situation with the same resources does not result in the same behaviors and actions. I guess I always assumed homeless people must all be the same but now I see how wrong I was. I do appretiate that my crazy crack head encounters have decreased greatly here in Chicago but could really do with out all the guilt tripping method which seems to be popular here. I can understand  when a homeless person will simply ask for money in a appropriate way but to act like it is my job to give you money I can not comprehend. From my experience homeless people in Chicago are dramatic. The second one realizes they aren't getting anything from me, the diva switch turns on. I am stormed with loud jumbled words of excuses and reasons why I need to give them money. Whenever this happens I can't help but to laugh. Its comical to have a homeless person talk to me like I am their mother denying them their allowance. Maybe the reason some act this way is out of desperation. If that is the case, then someone should inform them that throwing tantrums is not the answer. It didn't  work when I was five and definitely isn't going to work for a 50 year old homeless man.