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FRIDAY CONVERSATION: QUALITY OF LIFE

A spaghetti lunch is served to the homeless at Hurt Park near Georgia State University in downtown Atlanta. AJC file.
How to feed the many homeless who congregate in and around downtown Atlanta has been under spirited discussion of late. Downtown boosters and charitable organizations say a multi-pronged strategy, of which food is only one part, is the best way to comprehensively address the homeless problem. Others say their work driving in to feed homeless people should not be discouraged. We offer both views today.
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