Wow, I'm stunned. You know I live in a small town of about 30,000 people but it is certainly not a village. I have never seen in my lifetime people sleeping on the ground, or on benches etc.,. Of course, it gets so cold here, I think we have homeless shelters as otherwise people would die. Are these all homeless people or are some inebriated? I would find it very difficult to pass people like this and know what to do. It would bother me tremendously. Of course, I've seen pics on the tv and on the web, but the fact that you took all these photographs, means the problem is pretty wide-spread. Beautiful photographs but difficult to look at and even feel guilty for ever feeling like life is giving us a hard time. Thanks for the share, Antonio! Maggie