if they made 300$ a day they would still be underground....about 90% of their money goes to their addictions each day.
They have to be crackheads ! I can see a real derelict homeless guy taking day shelter underground to escape 110 degrees ( temporarily, maybe for a few weeks even).
If they can "Silvermine" $50/ night at the casinos, then they can live above ground unless they blow it all on drugs. Get two tunnel dwellers together and it is only $75 a week to live at maybe 15th and Fremont splitting rent. One should actually be able to save up a bankroll that way ! I think a guy like a Fishhead could save 5k a year living that way....before too long you can BUY a house for 30k.
The tunnel guys must want to be there, IMO.
Don't these guys ever get killed in flash floods ?
It's an alternative lifestyle , IMO....like these people that want to live in the woods.
$350 a week in Vegas gets you at least a place to live, Vegas is not san francisco or Manhattan !