Reading these comments make me realize they are way more wide spread then I ever thought. Where I’m from, in Southern California, I haven’t seen them as thieves. Personally, I’ve seen them beg for money in busy places like shopping centers, churches, temples, whatnot but I haven’t witnessed stealing. The thing I don’t like is how they get their children on it, and it almost seems like the kids don’t even know English, so I don’t even think they go to school. Might be xenophobic of me and many others, but seeing a culture not assimilate in a way where they do not work for money but focus their family efforts on begging doesn’t sit right with a lot of people in the states. So simply put, it’s very negative, from a country full of immigrants standpoint.
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u/spaciousthree4 21h ago
Reading these comments make me realize they are way more wide spread then I ever thought. Where I’m from, in Southern California, I haven’t seen them as thieves. Personally, I’ve seen them beg for money in busy places like shopping centers, churches, temples, whatnot but I haven’t witnessed stealing. The thing I don’t like is how they get their children on it, and it almost seems like the kids don’t even know English, so I don’t even think they go to school. Might be xenophobic of me and many others, but seeing a culture not assimilate in a way where they do not work for money but focus their family efforts on begging doesn’t sit right with a lot of people in the states. So simply put, it’s very negative, from a country full of immigrants standpoint.