If they're not working, they don't need to be occupying more valuable locations near town Maybe that works in the UK, but in the US, at least where I live, we

If they're not working, they don't need to be occupying more valuable locations near town Maybe that works in the UK, but in the US, at least where I live, we have rules about the poor. You can't be getting benefits and at the same time not be going to work. You used to be able to do that, like a few decades ago or whatever, but not nowadays. If you're poor, you can not work if you want, but you won't get benefits. As soon as you sign up for benefits where I live, they will assign you work, and your new employer has to keep them informed of your performance. Most states would call it something like "work-fare", or "w2", or something like that. There may still be states where you can get benefits without working? But I'd imagine there aren't too many of them, if any.