When I left the office to get some lunch a few minutes ago, a girl was sitting on the sidewalk on 6th Ave between 19th and 20th. As I walked by the first time, I noticed that she looked young and healthy, and not especially homeless. (When I lived here, I’d always get seriously annoyed by hipster-types begging for cash.) On the way back, I realized she wasn’t homeless. Her cardboard sign had a bunch of stuff handwritten on it, but the part that caught my eye said “please god give me money to help me pay my rent.” Huh? Instead of begging for money from strangers, why not take charge of your life and do what the rest of us do when we can’t afford to live in Manhattan — MOVE AWAY!