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[PaulP]

Some make a slightly different choice though, some will choose to live on the street so they have more disposable income to spend on alcohol and drugs.

I'd be wary of "squeezing complicated lives into a simple headline", as Bono puts it.  Far too many homeless are trapped between a god awful past and a non existent future. If your only options are to return to a violent, abusive past life, or live on the streets, that choice is not really a choice. I'm not sure too many make the decision because they love the lifestyle. I watch a YouTube channel called Invisible People, and have watched it for a few years. The resilience shown by these people is quite remarkable, but most are there because of poor choices, bad luck, or because the other options are worse.