> I think you overestimate the number of homeless by choice vs homeless by circumstance. Well, we can't really know the numbers here. But the discussion seems

> I think you overestimate the number of homeless by choice vs homeless by circumstance. Well, we can't really know the numbers here. But the discussion seems to never include this phenomenon, so I think it's fair to say that this particular constituency is under-represented in the discussion even if there were only a small number of people. And again, I think there are many, many such people - I have personally met thousands without really trying. There are Rainbow Gatherings in every state, each with thousands or tens of thousands of such people, and this is just one gathering of one subset of this population. > You also are sort of marginalizing the homeless who need help by painting them as happily homeless. I don't mean to do that. I think that people who actually need help are being marginalized by casting such a wide net as to lose them. If people want help, why aren't we directing resources there? Instead of sending the police to arrest people who don't want help? > Very naive take on the situation. In a literally sense, I think it's not naive. I have been houseless for most of my adult life. How much of this phenomenon have you personally experienced?