McLean going downhill

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The S & P is down several percent in recent weeks. Give the guy a break, his portfolio is probably underperforming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Panhandlers go where the money is.

Just like people rob banks because that’s where the money is.

If everyone would stop giving them money they would go away it's that simple but people keep giving them a ton of money everyday why would they leave?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You saw one panhandler and you're clutching your pearls. Maybe you need to get out of your bubble more OP.

Literally almost every corner in annadale, (little river turnpike), alexandria, parts of Arlington and fairfax have panhandlers on them. OP come take a drive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Panhandlers go where the money is.

Just like people rob banks because that’s where the money is.

If everyone would stop giving them money they would go away it's that simple but people keep giving them a ton of money everyday why would they leave?

This. I wish it were illegal. Maybe it is, but if it is then I wish it were enforced. It’s so vulgar.

[Anonymous]

Is this a troll post?

[Anonymous]

Panhandlers here are trafficked. Convince me I’m wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The County Board of Supervisors and County Attorney are to blame for this situation throughout the County, not just in McLean. They decline to allow signage at intersections discouraging motorists from supporting the beggars, and the County prosecutor won't pursue charges against them. As long as people yield to their importuning and there are no adverse consequences, it will continue. In many cases, it's an organized business, with credible and frequent reports of beggars being systematically dropped off and picked up later at key locations, and of individual beggars parking late model expensive cars nearby before they walk to "work" each day.

What charges?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Panhandlers here are trafficked. Convince me I’m wrong.

You state it as fact. You prove it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Panhandlers here are trafficked. Convince me I’m wrong.

Not sure if they are trafficked but it looks to me like this is a job people get when they answer an ad that says X$ per hour - no experience necessary. I’ve seen a guy doing crazy u turns an intersection where there is a person on each corner delivering them all lunch. And they all disappear at 5:00 pm.
I don’t know about the guy in McLean, he may be someone panhandling just for himself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Panhandlers go where the money is.

Just like people rob banks because that’s where the money is.

If everyone would stop giving them money they would go away it's that simple but people keep giving them a ton of money everyday why would they leave?

This. I wish it were illegal. Maybe it is, but if it is then I wish it were enforced. It’s so vulgar.

Ugh me too. But I think many of my neighbors would judge me very negatively for that opinion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Panhandlers here are trafficked. Convince me I’m wrong.

Not sure if they are trafficked but it looks to me like this is a job people get when they answer an ad that says X$ per hour - no experience necessary. I’ve seen a guy doing crazy u turns an intersection where there is a person on each corner delivering them all lunch. And they all disappear at 5:00 pm.
I don’t know about the guy in McLean, he may be someone panhandling just for himself.

Yes- notice it’s always the same people and they are affiliated. I’ve watched a duo get picked up and dropped off curbside on Rt 7. They hop out with their
backpacks and cardboard signs in hand.

The regulars leave great piles of disgusting trash piled high at their end of their shift.

The ones who aren’t trafficked have wander the stores and parks and parking lots.

Also interesting to monitor the police scanners - frequent calls about a panhandler being a nuisance or asleep in a stairwell or loitering/refusing to leave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just drove on old dominion dr through central McLean. There’s a guy walking in the middle of the lanes asking for money. Has McLean been reduced to panhandlers like dc? Can they at least stay on the curb so they don’t cause an accident?

Is this a serious post? Get out of your bubble.. 🙄

[Anonymous]

There is a woman who works the 123-Old Dominion Rd intersection in the mornings when I drive by. I call her the well-dressed beggar. She always looks really put together for a homeless person.

[Anonymous]

Is this parody?

[Anonymous]

I don’t think any of them are actually homeless. They make enough in an hour or two for a hotel and some food.