The beggars in Oslo kind of bug me. In San Francisco, there are plenty of homeless, and they're always asking for change in some way or other. They at least make an effort.
Their counterparts in Oslo, though, just sit on the sidewalk and shake a paper cup with some coins in it as you walk by. Alternatively, some leave the cup on the ground in front of them and place a picture of (supposedly) their children beside it. They don't say anything, though, at most just jingling the change in a cup at you, so it doesn't really inspire me to give them anything.
99% of such individuals that I've seen so far appear to be Pakistani or Indian, or somewhere in that general vicinity. That kinds of makes sense, because I believe they're the largest immigrant population and so may experience relative difficulty finding jobs -- particularly because of language issues.
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