Understanding The Nature of Homlessness


I knew that I would encounter homelessness when I came to Berkeley. I
was expecting it, because just about everybody I knew had something to say about
the rumors they'd heard filter over from the West Coast. Coming from New York,
however, I figured I'd seen it all, and would be in control over whatever I
would be up against. Reality quickly hit me, though, as I began to familiarize
myself with Berkeley and its main streets. I'd never seen anything quite like
Telegraph Avenue and People's Park. No matter how much poverty one has seen
throughout the course of their lives, it's far more difficult to accept when it
occurs in areas of high concentration.
Understanding the nature of homeless people asking for money and their
interactions with people walking up and down a main street such as Telegraph
Avenue is a difficult task. This observation process, which took place on
Telegraph Avenue watching the homeless at "work", was difficult......

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Title: Understanding The Nature Of Homlessness
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