Better that the desperate are near population centers where they can get some needs met. Now that they are enforcing tent bans in Austin again, it just shifts the homeless out of sight and out of mind, to designated areas where they are isolated and unable to panhandle or get food.
Under overpasses is about the safest urban location to camp. Lots of empty concrete for them to inhabit without blocking pedestrians or traffic. And the homeless only approach cars that wave money out the window, so rational people don’t need to feel any fear. Unlike the scammy ticket sellers who creep me out.
