Originally Posted by
iahphx
Tell them they can't beg or solicit. Arrest them if they persist.
It worked in NYC, which had many of the same issues in the '70s. There's been a ton of stuff written about how NYC made itself more livable, and much of that stuff started by getting rid of the petty annoyances and crime.
This is a polite reminder that most people when visiting BA have a "first world" experience" and do not realize that the country as a whole has a lot of severe poverty, the likes of which do NOT exist in the first world. What worked in NYC in the 70s will not work in BA in 2008. Further, if a percentage of those folks end up with enough money to eat, it is a "good thing," no matter how annoying or what a nuisance it may be, and I don't disagree with the nuisance aspect.