Sometimes, it is nice to see what is going on up north in San Francisco. SFist (Mar 4) had this to report:
In the six "Safe Sleeping Villages" set up by the city of San Francisco during the pandemic, the cost of maintaining a single tent-camping spot is $5,000 per month, or $61,000 per year — more than it would cost to put each of these people in a market-rate apartment.
. . . The cost boils down to $190 per tent per night, which includes 24-hour security, bathrooms, maintenance, and three meals per day. This is cheaper than the per-day cost for the hotel program, but the hotel program is getting 100% federal reimbursement. (Thanks, Biden.)
Seriously, are these homeless getting to basically live life without spending a dime? A tent. Bathrooms. Free meals. If someone wants to live a simple life, why not just live off the dime of the taxpayers. I guess one only needs money for say a cell phone and unlimited Internet access. Or maybe these tent cities have WiFi, also?
One can only hope that they're required to do daily tasks to earn their living. Like maybe clean the bathrooms? Supply the toilet paper?
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