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1, 1914, the culture of street donations in the US, and what to say.

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In the US, it's very common to be asked for money on the street for a political cause or even institutions that support animals or other community issues. What can you say when someone asks you for money?

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Hey Lindsay how's it going?

Michelle, it's going great. How are you?

I'm good, I'm good. I have a question though.

So in Boston, are there a lot of people who ask for

donations to certain organizations on the street? Oh yeah for sure for

sure outside of the Whole Foods that I go to there's always there's someone

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