Okay so.
A: Even on the weekend, no. That life SUCKS. Have you ever been in danger of losing your home, your power, your heat, all the stuff most people take for granted? I have. It sucks. Sucks even worse when you DO lose it, and squatting is not as legal, as common, or as possible as RENT pretends.
B: Busking does not normally make enough money to pay for more than a cup of coffee. This is why I mentioned it.
C: Only two characters in RENT make any attempt to make money off of busking. Maureen only does it for show anyhow and leeches off of Joanne's funds. The rest of the cast does nothing. They are ostensibly creative types, but never do anything. I hate them for this reason, and for the reason that they created an entire generation of whiny rich kids who want to slum it up and live like a poor person because it's "cool".
I'm sorry, Sean, I don't mean to bitch at you. This is just one of those things that pisses me off more than anything else. I'm actually probably going to copy/paste it into shit that pisses you the fuck off. I really don't want to make it sound like I hate you; I just don't like what you said.