If it was good enough for sailors, it's good enough for me. Perhaps landlords and developers could set up a fund to subsidize downtown's down and out. Maybe we should require developers to include low-cost senior housing in new projects, along with schools and roads. Some of us support poverty-stricken children around the world. People who own land off the beaten path might consider donating it to charities that build low-cost housing.
Someone just has to do something.
Unfortunately, Piwowarski points out, the old and poor don't have a voice. We need to be their voice. We need to begin seeing the unseen. We might recognize our parents.