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by Spooky23 3473 days ago
People absolutely do. Spending the winter outside in Syracuse, NY or Chicago is not fun. We used to give stuff to a homeless guy who would migrate south for the winter. I have cop friends who say it's not uncommon for some people to deliberately commit a crime in front of them to get a warm bed.

Also, some places run people out of town. Las Vegas in particular was caught putting homeless in busses to LA and SFO.

In still other cases, there are many documented incidents were social services people in red states like South Carolina sell the benefits of moving to New York or Massachusetts where services like Medicaid are much better. (Medicaid is cost shared with the state)