The article discusses how Bay Area residents become familiar with their homeless neighbors, recognizing them as almost geographic landmarks in their daily lives. The narrative describes the author's encounters with a specific homeless man in Berkeley, illustrating the conflict between personal guilt and societal desensitization towards homelessness. The reviewer highlights Kevin Fagan's book "The Lost and the Found," which seeks to humanize the stories behind homelessness through the experiences of Rita and Tyson, two individuals from different backgrounds who find themselves struggling on the streets.
Homelessness has become so intractable and ubiquitous that it has taken on an almost geographic nature.
It follows Rita, a down-and-out old hippie from Florida, and Tyson, a former rich kid from the tony Bay Area suburb of Danville.
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