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Originally Posted by Joaniesmom
We live at the northernmost part of The Villages. So we use Routes 42 and 441 very often. At the intersection of these roads and a few others, we daily see people standing in the center dividing lines, holding cardboard signs, asking for donations.
In Ohio this would be immediately stopped, but it seems to be allowed here.
My feeling is that it shouldn't be allowed here either. Or, if there are regulations, they should be enforced.
The people are a distraction to drivers and, if someone stops to make some kind of donation, they are holding up traffic behind them.
Surely there are agencies to help them. Maybe I'm wrong about that.
I was wondering what others think about this situation.
Thanks for your opinions.
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I'm sort of interested in what fairytale part of Ohio you lived in where panhandling would be "immediately" stopped. I lived in Maumee & worked in Toledo from 1994-1997 and there were panhandlers at virtually every major intersection all over the greater Toledo metro area, and I NEVER saw them stopped or shooed away ever. On top of that every possible legitimate charity organization was allowed to stand at street intersections with collection buckets doing the same thing except they were legitimate charities.