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What happens if a homeless person abandons or misplaces his accumulated j--... sorry, we mean his personal property, those articles typically pushed around in a stolen supermarket cart?(The Week)(Brief Article)

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* What happens if a homeless person abandons or misplaces his accumulated j--... sorry, we mean his personal property, those articles typically pushed around in a stolen supermarket cart? (Those carts, by the way, cost supermarkets around $100 each.) Well, in the city of Berkeley, Calif., those articles, together with the cart, are carefully stored away in a refrigerated container. The container cost $8,200. It sits on land leased for $12,300 a year. It is refrigerated to discourage vermin. The refrigerating power costs $3,000 a year. The city faces a $7.5 million ...

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