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Locut0s

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4. Vancouver has long had a very large panhandler population....

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Jan 1, 2014, 01:36 AM

Jan 2014

Every 711 downtown has it's resident door guy asking for change, many many street corners do too. Some of them can be pretty aggressive. But grabbing you is where I'd draw the line! That's a dangerous line to cross.

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SF: Panhandlers are getting aggressive out there. [View all] RandySF Dec 2013 OP

Being graqbbed is assautl. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2013 #1

Sounds like a job for the SFPD. Brigid Jan 2014 #2

Only time I ever encountered that it was in St. Louis. redqueen Jan 2014 #3

Vancouver has long had a very large panhandler population.... Locut0s Jan 2014 #4

It's been getting that way steadily RandySF Jan 2014 #5

Yeah that would creep me out... Locut0s Jan 2014 #6