Voluntarily vagrant, homeless youth a 'crusty' urban challenge

[rangerrebew]

Voluntarily vagrant, homeless youth a 'crusty' urban challenge

By Andrew O'Reilly

Published June 11, 2018
FoxNews.com

From the parks of Berkeley to the streets of Brooklyn, and in most every large city in between, they have become an almost inescapable part of urban life.

Known by many names – “crusty punks,” “crusties,” “gutter punks,” “crumb bums” and “dirty kids,” to list but a few – this group of young adults has rejected a more traditional 9-to-5 lifestyle in favor of train hopping, panhandling and voluntary homelessness.

And while traditionally tolerated by police and urban residents, these transient groups of the unshaven and unwashed have been involved in a series of incidents in recent years -- accompanied by an abundance of bad press -- that has municipalities across the country puzzling over how to address the problem.



http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/06/11/voluntarily-vagrant-homeless-youth-crusty-urban-challenge.html

[goatprairie]

The problem of vagrants goes back more than one hundred years.  In the 1890s in Wisconsin large bands of vagrants took over some small towns wreaking havoc before state authorities could get them under control.
Of course, in many big cities now being run by bleeding-heart libs tough measures are often missing.  In the old days authorities didn't treat the "homeless" i.e. bums/vagrants kindly. They were told to either get out of town or get thrown into the pokey.

[dfwgator]

Bringing back the Draft would solve that problem.

[Jazzhead]

Bringing back the Draft would solve that problem.

Why should the Army be subjected to these bums?   

[Oceander]

Why should the Army be subjected to these bums?   

Most wouldn’t be bums afterward. 

[Frank Cannon]

Why should the Army be subjected to these bums?

The draft wouldn't send them into the Army. It would send them to Canada.

[dfwgator]

The draft wouldn't send them into the Army. It would send them to Canada.

That'll work, too.

[Fishrrman]

Frank wrote:
"The draft wouldn't send them into the Army. It would send them to Canada."

Have to agree with dfw.
Actually, if it's "the draft" or "Canada", Canada would probably be the better choice.

Many of these guys couldn't hack the Army life.