Homeless flock to SF because it&#x27;s very tolerant of them relative to many other cities (some of which actually bus their mentally ill to SF), and the conditions are moderate enough that they aren&#x27;t fighting off hypothermia. It has nothing to do with their desire to live on the curb in front of expensive real estate.<p>I don&#x27;t know that you understand the problem at all if you refer to it as a choice. Particularly if you think the alternative choice is home ownership in abandoned areas of the country&#x27;s most troubled city. Owning some empty, stripped-apart house in Detroit doesn&#x27;t solve anybody&#x27;s problems and certainly doesn&#x27;t eliminate the cost of supporting the downtrodden. Many people in Detroit who have skills aren&#x27;t finding employment and are barely surviving. A property title doesn&#x27;t fill your stomach day after day. And the 4-figure houses you refer to are that way because they represent more liability than asset. They need massive investment to make them liveable.<p>Your comment is frankly ignorant.