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minus-squareRamenJunkie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoI ran into a homeless dude in Chicago selling tourist magazines, I told him I didn’t need a magazine but appreciated he was at least not just asking for money and gave him some cash anyway.
minus-squarecalliope@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoStreetwise has been a thing in Chicago for decades as well!
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoThe Big Issue is the UK equivalent. Evidently both were inspired by Street News in NYC, which is the the first with that purpose.
minus-squareWaxRhetorical@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoThe Danish counterpart, Hus Forbi
I ran into a homeless dude in Chicago selling tourist magazines, I told him I didn’t need a magazine but appreciated he was at least not just asking for money and gave him some cash anyway.
Streetwise has been a thing in Chicago for decades as well!
The Big Issue is the UK equivalent. Evidently both were inspired by Street News in NYC, which is the the first with that purpose.
The Danish counterpart, Hus Forbi