Love and Haight

Interesting piece today's LA Times about my neighborhood (Haight-Ashbury) and its hordes of angry teenage panhandlers.

One ex-hippie who returns frequently for its bohemian vibe said he makes a point to hand out cash to panhandlers.

"This used to be a place where kids could come to reinvent themselves, 'Like a rolling stone, like a complete unknown, no direction home,' " said actor Peter Coyote, a Marin County resident who once handed out free food to hippies through a group known as the Diggers.

"Now the Haight is a grittier, less forgiving reality. But these are still our kids. You don't help them by deporting them. You do it right in your own neighborhood. If any place can do this, it's Haight-Ashbury."

Whatever dude. Try living here instead of your sweet Marin digs and see how you like the "bohemian vibe."

There's not a lot of love in the Haight - Los Angeles Times