Plaque: "HOMELESSNESS". Austin, Texas.

This plaque is set in the ground just beside the lake in Austin, Texas. It's a statement that someone's bothered to make about homelessness in this pretty wealthy American state. There are homeless people all over the place here. I was very surprised at first, frankly, by the number of men that I encountered at street corners and intersections, or just about anywhere in Austin, begging for "anything that will help". Very sad. The inscription reads "HOMELESSNESS. It is the essence of depression. It is immoral. It is socially corrupt. And it is an act of violence. In memory of all of those who have lost their lives on the streets of Austin"