Absolutely: Near where I live, I saw a house - 3Bdrm, 2Bath and A POOL for $126K. Within 30 min. of Atlanta. Within 5 minutes of a boat landing on Lake Lanier...
They live in the cities and heavily populated areas because those are the areas that are heavily involved with disbursing government giveaways. These are the 'progressive' governments that will pay for up to 90% of the rent required for homes in areas that have houses regularly selling for 750K-1M+ (I know because I moved from an area like that nearly 2 years ago). I'm not saying they're getting the expensive houses, but they're getting the 20-30 year old houses that are interspersed between the expensive ones. They can't afford to live in these areas and usually drive older cars and work in the local service industries (if they're unlucky enough to be made to actually work).
It's disgusting, particularly in the area I used to live. It was once the district of Newt Gingrich, and I've always felt that HUD targeted the area with Section 8 'renters' as a form of revenge.
The program is an insult to people that have worked hard for what they have and only benefits those who don't have enough respect to even try to take care of what they're been outright GIVEN.
"""I have never understood why poor people insist on sitting around the cities waiting for a handout when they could move to the county and have a better life for themselves..."
Maybe they feel safer being closer to a hospital. And maybe they don't consider the little extra help they recieve a "handout".