I have a Nikon D50. It has been sitting in the drawer for the last 15 years, I think? I took it out to check that it's still in working condition. It was dead. Well, the battery was dead. It was self-discharging all these years. I still have the charger so I charged it up. It's back up and alive now. No problem whatsoever.
The D50 is a 6.1MP camera. It feels heavy in your hand. Very solid construction. Battery life is great. It's a great camera for street photography. It takes only SD cards up to 2 GB but image files are small so that's completely fine. (You can get a Sandisk 2GB SD from Amazon here: https://amzn.to/3YuP0M8). It's a great camera still I think--remember the megapixels aren't that relevant for most of the stuff you do and what matters most is that stuff 6 inches behind the lens!
If you don't have a DSLR and want to learn photography with a DSLR, I'd say grab a D50 or something like that. It's super super duper cheap now. You can find one for $50 or maybe even less. Add a nice 50mm f/1.4 lens and you'll have a fun camera to play around with! On the cheap, you could find an 17-55mm kit lens which probably goes for $50 used also nowadays.
To get you started with a D50, check out this cool video I ran across: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs0pAI0ZS5g. By the way, the reviewer in the video doesn't like the neck strap--neither do I!
The D50 is still a great camera. Alas, it will stay in the drawer because I have a D7200.
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