Toronto is divided into sub-cities. The GTA, North York, Scarborough etc. I wont say where I live except I do live in Toronto (T.O for short). The GTA (stands for the Greater Toronto Area) which is where all the shops, tourists attractions are. Basically its like the NY city of USA. Thus it is prone to homeless people. The non-GTA area is obviously like the Buffalo of NY. I wouldnt say its rural but urban but not as busy as GTA. It has the occasional traffic but not has hardcore as GTA. Thus no homeless people. Until now…

As I was walking home, I saw a homeless sitting on the snow leaning against a bench made of cement. A “normal” person would sit on the bench but this homeless person sat on the snow. But thats not what I was thinking about when I saw him/her. I was thinking, Why is a homeless in this part of Toronto? There’s not alot of people in here and they dont really give away $ to strangers. Maybe it was a slap in the face that homelessness is not going away or maybe it’s increasing or maybe they just decided to scatter around in the country. Even though I was going home from a test which I totally screwed over and I just want to burn my hair because of it, this person’s problem is way bigger than mine. It’s not just his problem, it’s our problem. I definitely felt sorry for him. I wish I had given him some change but I’m not sure whether my change is enough. Normally whenever I’m in the GTA, I dont give any change because I know that instead of spending it on something productive like food, clothes etc they’ll spend it on cigarettes. Now whats the point of giving them $ when they’re just going to slowly kill themselves by smoking? Maybe if I’m in a real good mood, I’ll give them change but usually no.

So yeah if I see this homeless person tomorrow I might give change. Whatever change I got…