The real trick is to dress up as homeless for a day to get the handout, then go back to your nice apartment for the rest of the month.
There was a guy that did this that would sit off the side of I5 near the tacoma dome some years ago.
Talked to him and he said with food he pulled in around 300 to 400 a day.
Could have been bullshittin me but meh.
A lot of these guys have drug habits that would be difficult for most working people to afford. Much less afford and still have time to do all the drugs. They panhandle because that's the most efficient thing they can do in terms of making cash and still doing drugs all the time. Women prostitute for the same reason.
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