City begging is really up.

I'm really surprised how much begging is happening in the city on the subway, it seems like a lot more than usual.

Young people, too.

A lot of times, I see someone (Latin) or (black) who's going through asking for money, and they have decent clothes on and don't seem addicted to drugs or anything.

It really must be lack of work, or the general shittiness of jobs out there.

Everywhere I look, the economy just seems weak and listless.  No one can get where they want, and there's this odd energy building up, since their energies are derailed into that, and causing weird restlessness and dissatisfaction.

It's really an abnormal and untenable situation.  Something's got to give.