This is one of the most expensive zip codes in the US and there's no chance of somebody without a job being able to afford the rent here. Why spend all of this money on shelters and services, when we can just give them a bus ticket to Reno?

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I'm a non-practicing Jew, but what does that have to do with anything? Let's stick to logic and reason, not religion:

If I was destitute I'd happily accept a bus ticket to a locale where I had a better chance of getting back up on my feet.

No idea what's in Battle Mountain NV but it's probably not worth giving up my cushy 6-figure programming job.

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It does not matter why they can't afford to live here. Reality is reality: those who can pay the rent will have housing, those who cannot would be better off living elsewhere.

The Santa Clara County government isn't able to compel anyone to move, but they can offer incentives to help people make smarter decisions. Such as offering a bus ticket to Reno if the South Bay is financially out of reach. It's the best thing for everyone involved: we get a nicer cleaner community with better schools, and they get a fresh start in a new town.

"It's the best thing for everyone involved: we get a nicer cleaner community with better schools, and they get a fresh start in a new town."

Ethnic cleansing by another name, then.

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It's not ethnic at all. Free markets don't discriminate.

Why the nasty comments towards the man that suggested a longer term solution for the homeless in MTV? If you can't afford to pay $3000 or more per month, spending the winter in a shelter, won't change that. I'd happily leave the area to a cheaper place if given a chance and given that option or the option of staying in an area I'll never be able to afford.

I'm also curious why people without homes don't go away.

Last night, it got so cold in my old, small car that I couldn't sleep. I used to have 3 blankets in my car, but I reduced them to one because I simply couldn't use the vehicle as there was no room for the blankets. I found myself shifting them from one place sort of to the other (and sort of not because the car is so small I can only feel under them when I lose stuff).

Now that I'm writing this, I realize it would make sense to get the extra blankets. But with my work schedule, I can't afford to do that on a daily basis all winter. I am very short on time.

I will try different methods to stay warm.

I could go away (as a response to the "Reno Initiative").

I recently reviewed my debt situation and I think I can leave the area. I have time to find other jobs where my parents moved away to.

It's funny because I was thinking about this at my 2nd job today - even before I saw the comments that "people like me" should just pack up and leave.

I might have written this before, but I believe the main reason I stay is because I like everyone here. I'm used to seeing a lot of people. And for each individual, I like some subtle aspect of how they are, or I look up to them, or I consider them my friend.

Maybe I'm curious. I feel like I've been reading a book for a long time and I wonder what'll be in the next chapter.

I don't know. This is one of the fascinating enigmas of human nature:

Isn't it true that some of our most important decisions in life are made without logic or reason?

It's been a good learning opportunity. I've learned that it only takes a couple nights of sleeping in a bed to lose acclimation to car hypoxia. Thanksgiving gave me the opportunity to sleep in a bed - but when I was back in the car, I felt out of breath again.

But this time I didn't panic. I knew in a couple or several nights, I'd start to get used to not having enough oxygen. I even read online that hypoxia has health benefits. (I also read it can be really bad, but I'd rather remember the benefits).

I found that when I was in a bed again, I felt some discomfort - I would ball up like I was still in the car.

I'm grateful for my homelessness because it's helped me lose weight. A couple people have commented that I've lost weight. Finally.

The bitter cold at night has also given me the rare opportunity to learn to focus more. I can spend my waking hours dreading the night where I'm bitten by the cold, feeling severe exhaustion, and joint and muscle aches from getting cramped.

Or, I can focus more on the people, pets, and "landscape" as all this life and society continues.

If I still had a home and reasonably warm place to sleep, I'd probably continue the "normal" proportion of negative attitude and perspective.

The adversity (and let's call it "torture") of the cold nights has forced me to attempt writing my chapters in a profoundly positive perspective.

And faith is about the trust that if you see things that positively, soon reality matches the fairy-tale you keep telling yourself.