I keep forgetting to use that response (stated of course in the most sincere, serious tone), "Have you considered opening your home to a few migrant families?" Unfortunately, up here in Wokeville people have actually tried to do that. About 10 years ago, when the bums were starting to spread out from downtown into gentrified old neighborhoods across the river, a friend told me that her next door neighbor had invited one of the dumpster divers to move into their basement. The neighbors had previously been very critical of my friend for not enabling the bums to forage from her recycling bins, and they were apparently eager to demonstrate their moral superiority. Needless to say, the neighbors' new tenant rapidly wore out even their perfect forbearance, and they had a lot of difficulty prying him out of their home. The lesson did not immediately sink into the closed minds of other neighbors, however, so it had to be repeated for a few years. The stubborn holdouts finally had to accept the humiliating idea that if they wanted to protect their multimillion dollar properties, they would have to learn how to be less saintly. My friend never did receive an acknowledgement of their abuse of her, let alone an apology, but hey, she herself is still "a Progressive."