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There were a lot of homeless people on the streets throughout the centre, with little collections of boxes and blankets in various locations. It's something I hadn't seen since I left Vancouver - in the Netherlands there are homeless people, but the social safety net is so good that they have to be pretty committed to it. Some of the people in Lisbon begged by holding a cup or placing one on the street, but there was no agressive panhandling, and not all of them even begged. It seems sad, because there are also a lot of empty buildings, but it's never that easy.

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  IMG_4475.JPG - There were a lot of homeless people on the streets throughout the centre, with little collections of boxes and blankets in various locations. It's something I hadn't seen since I left Vancouver - in the Netherlands there are homeless people, but the social safety net is so good that they have to be pretty committed to it. Some of the people in Lisbon begged by holding a cup or placing one on the street, but there was no agressive panhandling, and not all of them even begged. It seems sad, because there are also a lot of empty buildings, but it's never that easy.  
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