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The thing that struck me when I was working downtown recently was this one group of 5 or 6 young homeless people. They just loiter on the benches all day, smoking weed (and maybe other things), and intimidating people. It actually felt legitimately scary to have to walk past them. I didn't know what they were going to do. I can't imagine what that would feel like if you were walking by them at night. It just didn't seem like something native to Austin. These weren't your typical homeless people. It's obvious to me that they came from somewhere else. Which makes you wonder, why here?