That's not how you get more panhandlers. That's how you get stronger panhandlers.
You see, there are only so many good highway offramps and busy corners per city. But you really only see one guy at any given spot at a time. There is unseen competition among the panhandlers for these money spots. I can only assume it comes down to physical violence when nobody is willing to back down. The scarcity of resources drives survival of the fittest. The weak have to go sleep all day next to a red box or OD or whatever.
That's not how you get more panhandlers. That's how you get *stronger* panhandlers.
You see, there are only so many good highway offramps and busy corners per city. But you really only see one guy at any given spot at a time. There is unseen competition among the panhandlers for these money spots. I can only assume it comes down to physical violence when nobody is willing to back down. The scarcity of resources drives survival of the fittest. The weak have to go sleep all day next to a red box or OD or whatever.
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