Wednesday, August 22, 2012

the magnificent montague San Francisco does have more than its share of homeless people, and many of them do resort to beggin





San Francisco does have more than its share of homeless people, and many of them do resort to begging. For the most part, they are merely annoying, not dangerous. However, pick-pocketing and purse- and camera-

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