I'm thinking Houston isn't a place I'd want to visit, eh?
Where would be?
Lotta feral people on the streets here in Ft. Wayne. Driving down 930 on the southeast end is a hazard with all the people walking on the highway. So many people have lost everything in this depression. Jobs, houses, cars, tools of the trade, etc.
It sounds like Ft Wayne has been hit a lot harder than Indy. The only thing I've noticed is some of the people holding signs asking for help look like they might have actually been employed recently. The others, the guys that look like Flea from RedHotCP, the obvious hardcore tweekers, the hard luck alkies, the black people who can't grasp the concept that there is no such thing as spare change. Money is entirely fungible, I tell them, occasionally wondering if at my own peril, have been at it for at least a decade. More like forever, their advance men just keep coming up with exciting new product to keep sloth seductive.