Last week we learned that homlessness in New York City “soared” under the Bloomberg administration. Last month, the city backpedaled slightly regarding its plan to take the homeless out of the subway by saying it was merely an “outreach” program.
Aside from government’s influence on this issue, we thought it would be interesting to see what regular New Yorkers have tweeted about the homeless on the subway over the last week. We found a mixed bag of compassion, snark and disgust.
Here’s the Tale of the Tweets:
- one homeless man on this subway peed himself, the others eating food off the floor…ah yes now I remember why im happy I moved
- Guy on the subway handin out food to the homeless asked who here’s hungry & a fat little rich boy innocently said “I am!” #adorableprivelege
- Enters subway car.
Smells ass.
Looks for homeless person.
Finds homeless person.
Says, “Every time.” - A homeless women just cursed me the fuck out on the subway
- Most mornings I wind up in the subway car with the smelly homeless person. I don’t have great luck
- How bout a portable blanket that makes homeless folk on the subway smell better? #bigtechidea
- “New York City, where the girls are pretty and they all have jobs!” -favorite homeless guy on subway
- just sang harmonies to My Girl with a homeless man on a subway
- How come we always get the kid selling candy on the #subway instead of this guy? http://ow.ly/uBvSj #NYC #MTA
- As I’m entering the subway station I see a homeless man peeing in a drain …. At least he used the drain?
- Remember when you’d get on the subway in the morning and there wasn’t a smelly sleeping homeless person in every car?? #justchanged4times
- Sat next a homeless woman in the subway eating potato chips…they smelled good…I wanted some…I should have asked
- Spring is here when you start to smell the homeless, and every subway stop smells like piss. #NYC
- There is a naked homeless guy at the 53rd st. Subway station oh man I can’t even finish this tweet I’m dyinnn
- Video: Old Homeless Man Wildin' Out On The Subway! http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhekEiL3O650zX54Vo … via @WORLDSTAR
- homeless man on subway: “I know it’s easy to forget, but I was born a human and not an animal”
- Witnessed my first subway Google Glasshole sighting and also saw a homeless man literally smoking a cig on the train #typicalBrooklyn
- A homeless man in the subway just screamed at me, “If the sharks don’t bite you, the lesbians will bite you!” HOW DOES HE KNOW THESE THINGS?
- “If the sharks won’t bite, lesbians will!” -homeless man at 53rd and 5th subway stop
- Homeless guy asleep on the subway making the entire car smell of balls. Why do I hate this now but dig it at a bear dance party?
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