I'd have to say that it is a choice for some people. I remember watching an expose about the wasted money spent to house poor people in hotels (I believe it was New York) because apartments were unavailable. They interviewed a woman who weighed about 280 pounds and had 5 kids. The room was covered with trash and roaches were crawling on everything. She complained as to how they expected her to live in such a mess with a TV that didn't even have a good picture. She did not appear to be retarded or otherwise handicapped. She didn't just expect living quarters, she expected a maid. She didn't expect anything from the kid's dads. She chose her life. The shame is that she doesn't seem to have even the slightest dream of choosing a better life for her kids. There's something inhuman about that, IMO.

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