I went to my truck to go home yesterday and it had a fuk'n flat tire sitting in the parking lot. Nice young homeless guy walked by and saw me fuk'n with it and said he would change it for me and if I could help,him with some dinner money he would appreciate it. He got it taken care of quick for me while we talked. Pretty sad story and really a nice young man about 25 or so. Gave him $40 to help him I hope, he did not seem to be high or drinking just lonely and struggling. Now today got to go to the tire shop and get it fixed and the spare put back up, found a little finishing nail in it.
Interesting that Austin seems to have as many if not more homeless than many big cities. Seems like there is someone with a sign at most every intersection of 35...
There are reasons for that with the main one being the City caters to them with soup lines and nice shelters. Rich liberals hand them money constantly, they did a study a couple of years ago found some of them making $50k a year panhandling. There are no laws against panhandling, etc here. Health care facilities here cater to them also and the best one is on the edge of downtown. The one that helped me was fairly clean and obviously not a chronic homeless case.
Austin is also a pronounced Sanctuary City for illegals.