I don't live near a big city. people down here dump cats. I hand raised him, bottle fed him, and had his ear cut showing that he had been taken to the vet/cared for and vaccinated.
There's dead cats ALL over the sides of the roads here. I don't know anyone locally, who'd take him. That's why I kept the ENTIRE litter of kittens, except 1 that I found a home for.

Then we adopted ANOTHER stray, when my daughter begged her dad to let her save it.
People toss them into the pecan orchards here, which most of the farmers don't mind, since the little animals steal the nuts, but there's big predators in there now, killing all the wild small dogs and cats that get dumped there. Bob cats, panthers, and what not.
I don't see me being able to find him a decent home, locally anyways.