I never see the newspaper until about 2 weeks after it's too late for me to do any good, but a couple of folks in my Scrabble club yesterday were commenting about an article in the Cheyenne Tribune on Thursday, all about how Cheyenne has become a magnet for homeless folks.
This happens during the summer and I saw it last year, too. I didn't realize the people were homeless, I thought they were just passing through on their way elsewhere - hitchhiking.
Anyone who goes into our Walmart will see them, standing on the corner of Dell Range and the entrance way to the store, holding up a sign with a variation of Broke. Hungry. Anything will help. Some will say Stranded and out of gas.
They're even up on College at the exit from Highway 25 to the various gas stations and restaurants.
Occasionally there's an old person - but usually they're young and fully capable of working. But they prefer not to, obviously.
Watch out for a variety of scams, by the way. If you're in a store parking lot and someone points out their van to you and says, "Hey, we're travelling and we're out of gas, could you lend us a $20 - rest assured they're scamming you." Those folks who really need money will be at a church or something - not begging in a store parking lot.
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