why do more people in the city come up to you and ask you for $?

Question

I'm not a bank, so find a job!

Answer 1

:We live in a society with two common realities. Most people feel that:
1. They are owed a living and;
2. They never accept responsibility. Its always somebody else's fault.

Its these two realities that bring people to a point in time where they have nothing. They have played the game so long that they are to the point of being homeless, friendless, and hopeless. You talk to them and they will find others to blame for their plight. Its these lonesome souls that approach you in the city asking you for money. In their weird sense of reality, they truly feel YOU OWE THEM SOMETHING. They don't accept responsibility of being in their position.

Me? I tell them I work too hard for my money to give it away. The worse thing you can do is give these people money because that will only encourage them to continue on their path. Maybe we can help them, maybe we can't, but giving them money is actually hurting them and I refuse to hurt anybody.

So, this tells you why they ask for money. You can tell them you're not a bank or that they should get a job, tell them whatever you want, but don't, I repeat don't give them a penny.

TX Guy

Answer 2

There are more people in the city than in the country. Poor folk in small towns often get support from their community and churches. The percentages are similar, but in the city, it's difficult to get out, and there is less help available to people. Don't forget that 40% of homeless people are employed at least 30 hours per week!

If we work together to make things better for everyone, everyone benefits! Including you! Everyone makes more money if a higher minimum wage is set. Businesses do better long term because people have more disposable income. You don't have to worry about panhandlers because people don't need to do that anymore.

Working together for the betterment of everyone isn't some high-minded, idealist concept. It's just practical. The only ones not helped by the whole thing would be the top <1% income earners...and they would benefit too, but they wouldn't feel so powerful if the income gap was less immense!

Think about the income disparity in our country. People talk about how 35% of the people in Venezuela conrol 65% of the money, but ours is significantly worse. 1% of the people control 98% of the money in America. It breaks down like this. The median family income (50% of the people make more, 50% make less), measured in stacks of new $100 bills, would be 1.6 inches tall ($40,000/year). The 90th percentile (10% make more, 90% make less) would be a stack 3.5 inches tall. The 99th percentile would have a stack roughly a foot tall. The 99.7th percentile's stack would be 40" high, while the 99.9th percentile's stack of $100 bills would be 30 MILES TALL!!!!

Working together makes everyone's lives better, while not really hurting the richest 0.1% much at all...if at all.

Answer 3

Actually, I've thought about it.

Basically, panhandling is a numbers game.

There is a base percentage of people that will give you money if you ask for it. I believe the percentage is quite small. So to make any money panhandling you need to either increase the percentage(unlikely, but not impossible) and/or increase the contact rate. So in a city with a lot of foot traffic, you've increased the contact rate and that is why you probably see more panhandler in the city

Answer 4

I had a retail store,downtown Chicago.There was this woman that would walk around a 10 block area which included where I was located in the financial district.She would only ask men that she passed for a quarter,I watched her for a couple of years and one day I asked her how much money she made.She amazed me by saying that when she came to Chicago,she couldn't find a job,so she started pan-handling,after she found a job making $15.00 an hour and paying taxes,she realized that she was making more by asking for money.She said that she diligently worked 8 hours a day,would stop for lunch and she made over $60,000 a year,tax free.She said by asking for a quarter men usually gave her more,she never asked women because they were not as generous! SO,that's why people ask you for money!!

Answer 5

If you mean more people in the city than the country then it's simple: there are more people in the city. If you mean more now, it's because we have a huge defecit, sky-rocketing real estate prices, and a disappearing middle class. If you mean why there are people that do that (you shouldn't have put more) it's because they're poor and are either hungry or need money for drugs.

Answer 6

because if you live in the city most people think you can afford to spare some money. Only "rich" people live in the city and the rest of us poe fok mus be ou in da cuntre catchin hogs fo a livin

Answer 7

Over here they ask for £1. That is the price of a can of special strength lager. 4 cans and you are blown away.

Answer 8

Everyone has a right to do so. What next you want the governement to tell us what we can and can't say to each other...come on....