The long arm of the law once again used to prevent those too poor to afford a fixed domicile to help themselves and use the Bugout Machine solution for serviceable shelter during the cold Alaska winter.  If there's no law on the books against it, TPTB will just make a new one!  Prroblem solved.

Now, personally I don't know why the owners of these BMs all pick these Downtown locations, because there are many much more desirable places a little further out of downtown with better access to Walmart and other Food Superstores where you go to get you supply of propane, food and of course booze and smokes.  Maybe because congregating in groups makes it harder for the Gestapo to tow away a lone vehicle when it is discovered in a concealed location away from prying eyes and not lowering the property values much f already pretty low rent districts.  Of course, the slumlords who own properties where for a price you can legally park your BM, and don't want their clients to use the free option of the commons.

In the capitalist model, there are no commons, all land is Private Property or Goobermint owned, and rent and taxes must always be paid to have a place to live.

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2023/10/02/growing-number-of-homeless-vehicle-campers-in-anchorage-presents-a-dilemma-for-the-city/

Growing number of people living in vehicles presents a new dilemma for Anchorage

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