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Does anybody have any valid info on why the city has been overrun by panhandlers in the last year?

They are constantly at the corner of East Ave and Bald Hill Road, I've seen as many as four there at once, one on each corner. There is constantly one or two at the junction of Main Ave and Greenwhich Ave. There is often one at the junction of Strawberry Field Lane and Sandy Lane. There is often one at the exit of route 37 onto Post Road. And these are just the ones I see pretty much daily. There a likely others at corners not on my usual pathway.

What is going on? Have other cities passed ordinances which have funneled them our way? Has a homeless shelter closed? Looking for info.