Riva:  May I suggest that  the "travelers" who occupy downtown and beg for spare change are not, hopefully, "our society's future." If they are, our society's future is in serious jeopardy.  BTW: My comment is not intended to be "mean spirited".  It simply an observation and a hope for a better tomorrow for our society.  For each traveler "hanging out" downtown there are hundreds of young men and women in colleges, in technical instructional programs, working in apprenticeship programs and working each day to support themselves and their families.  "Youth" is far more than those travelers you see "hanging out" in downtown Eugene......thank goodness.  Gary Crum