Kids would come out here (Portland) or Oregon for that matter because its easy to be homeless here. Food stamps are easy to get and i guess panhandling was profitible. Thats all changing now though. People who live and work downtown are getting burned out stepping in piss and shit and having to deal with them. The cops recently just killed a homeless man for basically no reason at all. they got away with it too. Anyhow, Tons of the kids on the street here are run aways from the suburbs that surround Portland (Gresham, Beaverton, etc.) But yeah, its becoming less of an issue sence they filmed that documentary. Personally, I fucking hate them and talk as much shit to them as i can. The worst is some of them are out there bumming money to buy RECORDS. Like, WHAT THE FUCK! You aint even got a fucking turn table you piece of shit. Gimme that Charles Bronson record, you dont even have electricity.