Where do Strays Hang Out?

     I ran into a lady one day who asked me about feeding strays.  She then told me that she didn't have strays in her neighborhood.  I kind of laughed and said, "Put some food out and find out if that is really true."
     At times I have seen many strays in my neighborhood and at other times, we go months without seeing any. Where do strays hang out?
     The answer to that is probably very simple.  They hang out where they are apt to find food.  They can't simply go to a grocery store to find food.  They depend on handouts from humans and their instinct to catch their own prey.
     Since I have fed strays before, I tend to look for them when I am out.  Driving into a car wash one day, stray cats scattered.  Where did they go?  They went down by a dumpster where some kind person had placed bowls filled with something for them to eat.  How many little faces were peeking out!
     Further down the road, a restaurant that had one driving by it where one saw the backside of it, I saw a mother cat and her kittens.  I could see containers placed out by the dumpster with what looked like dry cat food inside.
     I often hear, "Don't feed strays."  But why?  They are out there.  And they need us.