At a free level 2 plug at the shopping mall, I saw a guy living out of his old crash damaged leaf. He was there several days. I guess electricity, locked doors and a safe area beats a tent along the river.
IMO, part of it has to do with Trumper school boards, weird conservative county commissioners voting to succeed and school library book bans. I live 'out here' and it gets worse every year.
All superstition leads to fear and hate. We are on earth a short time. Why spend time, money and energy worshipping a fake god. The opportunity cost is immense.
Confirmed by Snopes.