On: Tent Cities Sprouting in Sacramento and Seattle

[nazgulnarsil]

and why would homeless people volunteer for this if it was the case? what's worse?

being on the street with no prospects

or

being on the street but having the option to work for basic amenities if you choose?

i think a lot of these criticisms are being unrealistic about how horrible being homeless is. Especially in cities where it SNOWS. Homeless people freeze to death every winter. Hell, if i was freezing to death I would rob someone just to get thrown in prison. At least prisoners have food and shelter.

[msluyter → nazgulnarsil]

_and why would homeless people volunteer for this if it was the case?_

People are often duped and/or coerced into doing all sorts of things not in their best long term interests interests.

[nazgulnarsil → msluyter]

and you think homeless people have a low time-preference? a homeless person by definition doesn't have long term interests. The whole point is to give them a short term solution so that the IMMEDIACY of not freezing to death doesn't prevent them from making longer term plans.