Alan:

In the USA we have had homeless people everywhere as long as we can remember - and that's a long time. Some charitable organizations and, especially, the Catholic church make an effort to feed them. Most cities and towns tolerate them as long as they stay in certain areas. Sometimes a city will make an effort to get rid of them so they are forced to move elsewhere, at least for a while.

In the colder parts of the country, they may move into homeless shelters when the weather gets really bad but some of them just die.

Bev and Jerry