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Originally posted by: alanleroy
If you want to see the Vegas homeless, just stroll down Main Street from Main Street Station to Jerrys Nugget. They have a mile long homeless encampment. A lot of them have tents, so I guess they technically have tent homes without addresses. Some of them are tentless though. Those people have plenty of cardboard. I think a lot of them are too far off the deep end to panhandle effectively.
I agree, to me as a tourist that's the most homeless-intensive part of the city. Fortunately, it's highly unlikely tourists will encounter that area beyond from within a car or a bus.
I always visit downtown, and I never have a problem with panhandlers. If they ask for something, I politely decline, and that's it. Probably helps that I don't appear wealthy, though I do pretty well.
