I can't possibly jump these many homeless people! I won't risk it!

So I just noticed that the City of Columbia South Carolina has passed an ordnance forcing the city's homeless population to relocate or be incarcerated. Besides the fact that almost every urban municipality already has anti-vagrancy I commend Columbia for acting on the issue. Again this brings me back to a question I have often asked. Why would someone choose to live in a location where they cannot afford basic housing? Especially when there are parts of the United States practically giving away homes.

The fact is the City of Columbia is acting well within it's rights and I certainly hope that more cities follow in their lead. I have always felt that simply raising the fine for giving money to panhandlers and enforcing it over two weeks would get the vagrants to move on but Columbia's idea works just as well. The only other solution is to create a catchy musical number that convinces them to move on to another location.