Their possessions are stored in plastic bags they keep close or shopping carts. Hidden further away from prying eyes are the younger homeless. Some are with a parent, others are on their own. In one of the richest cities of the world they eat out of garbage cans and trash bins. There are roundups, especially in winter.
Police drag the homeless away to shelters.
If you wonder why they don't willingly go to shelters the answer is found in the impersonal treatment in public shelters, the lack of privacy and protection. For those on the streets with children there is the fear of their children being taken away from them. Homelessness is not only found in the big cities. Here in Connecticut, in the suburban community of Manchester, there are many homeless. For years they wondered the streets begging for food.