[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.