We have a lot of the train homeless around our local area, its ingenious some of the reasons they come up with. If they are genuine homeless then I am more inclined to give some money away. My husband often buys food or drinks instead. In the US the homeless where everywhere, we were really surprised at how many there were. Again we just gave food or heat packs to them as it was freezing... One guy even had a sign up with something like...
Homeless since 1953 and proud.....
yes i think food and drinks ( healthy drinks :P ) are the most appropriate to buy and clothes too. There are many organizations that can help them too but instead they chose to go around trains and ask for money. I have seen in documentaries all over youtube how bad things are in USA it terms of homeless and i really hope a solution to be made