> who simply prefer to be homeless in LA than housed in a less fashionable part of the country. I don't believe this is true. Many homeless people may make the

> who simply prefer to be homeless in LA than housed in a less fashionable part of the country. I don't believe this is true. Many homeless people may make their way to the west coast because they'd be homeless either way and services (and weather) are better in LA (often with "help" from their local government, since a bus ticket is much cheaper than actual support). But ideological freegans who actually choose to leave decent homes and jobs are a microscopic fraction.