CHI TOWN SUCKS
Chi Town Sucks, Chicago, IL / Photo credit: Susannah Breslin
He was panhandling with a group of friends at the corner of North and Lincoln in Chicago. The group had been hopping trains since Virginia. They are urban hobos. As I took this photo, several police cars and fire engines rolled up, in response to a gas leak around the corner. Meanwhile, fighter jets from the Chicago Air and Water Show roared overhead. So far, he reported, his sign had netted him $1.