It’s not like they’re choosing between homelessness/begging and a taxable income/prius/newbuild in Herts; if they’re choosing, it’s between something extremely shit and something even shitter than that. Is that a lifestyle choice?
Edit: not meant to be argumentative! Just sounding off…
There are camps of people who are professionally begging, I work by Warren Street and there's been a group there for 10 years.