Homeless American have found the second best way to have a home. They are camping on the roofs of US houses and businesses. It took quite a while for homeowners to even notice their new roof dwellers. Stealthy campers pitch their tents late into the night and then vacate in the early hours of the morning. After the first few roof squatters were caught, there were some arrests. but soon homeownerws began to see the advantage of their new upstairs neighbors.
Joe Blow from San Diego explains: "It's like having a free alarm system. Who's going to bulgarize your house with a look-out on the roof?!"
John Dough from San Francisco discovered that a rooftop hobo could be persuaded to do landscaping and pool maintenance for half of what he was paying illegals.
Perches For Property-Less Persons, a non-profit styling itself after Habitat for Humanity is building tree houses and little rooftop lean-to's for America's latest upwardly mobile class."We had hippies, then yuppies and now we have roofies (not to be confused with the date-rape drug!)", explained PFP-LP sponsor GHW Bush, "I'll become a greater humanitarian than that Jimmy Carter, even if my son is screwing the family name royally!"
