Street people

[1][2] Street people are frequently homeless, sometimes mentally ill, and often have a transient lifestyle.

The delineation of street people is primarily determined by residential arrangement and their location in the urban setting.

Referred to as the "Code of the Road" it emerged from the Hobo camps of the depression era to encompass urban street people.

[6] Poor economic and social conditions can result in accumulations of the homeless, often called street people, in certain neighborhoods.

Results and attitudes vary, especially as liberal communities attempt to grapple with large numbers of the homeless.

Bronze statue of José María López Lledín known as "El Caballero de Paris" in Havana, Cuba, by sculptor Jose Villa Soberon . Unlike the nearby statue of St. Francis, this statue stands simply on the sidewalk and is a popular tourist attraction. The statue's beard has been polished by the hands of people standing to be photographed with it, for luck.
Leslie Cochran on South Congress in Austin, Texas