Hello; I guess even shelters have rules. Maybe no drinking or doing drugs which as I understand it is why some are homeless to begin with.
hello; back to the street in Knoxville TN, there is (or at least was) some panhandling. Not sure about prostitution. There is a publication, a small pamphlet, that some sell. I think the pamphlet is provided by a local organization.
By the way the street is named *** Street and in in an area called Old Town. I have not seen so many homeless the last few times I visited. One reason may be that several of the old buildings have been renovated into fairly high cost apartments. Others have been refurbished into a business. It may be that the new residents have been pushing to remove their more smelly neighbors who use to loiter the streets.
I considered buying one of the lofts a few years ago but was not ready to give up my shop and mechanic tools so I bought a house in a slightly rural area.
