Originally Posted by BengeBoy

I can't express in polite terms how much I disagree with your point of view on this.

I think soup kitchens are for the involuntarily homeless and jobless. In the context of this thread, I think we're talking about bicycle tourists who are voluntarily homeless, jobless and itinerant.

Obviously there are people without jobs or resources who also happen to travel around by bike. I don't think that's what we're talking about. I think we're talking about people who could:

a. get a job if they tried long enough and hard enough, but
b. choose to travel around the country by bike instead

If you fit that definition, I think you should be prepared to fend for yourself, and not rely on soup kitchens for the involuntarily unemployed/homeless.