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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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[Skyrim] How/Why are there beggars in Skyrim when there's so much loot available: anyone can literally pick up berries from a bush, butterflies from the sky, or even a bucket laying outside of a cave and sell it for money?
gpt
Leaving the safety of the cities isn't exactly an amazing idea when you're poorly clothed and unarmed. Sure you can catch bugs or collect berries within the city limits, but they sell for very little. Probably around the same income as how much they'd get from generous people if they just sat in the market all day. They're certainly not going to make enough to pay for a room in an inn, especially when they also need to pay for food and drink to survive.

Then of course add in that many beggars have substance abuse issues through either alcohol or skooma.

You might be able to make enough money if you spend every waking moment picking up errant items (unowned otherwise you're stealing), ingredients and insects. But when you're running on probably one minimal meal a day, likely dehydrated with minimal sleep under your belt, are you really going to have the energy to loot all manner of minimal value items to barely pay for the essentials (and maybe make a 20 gold profit a day)? Or are you going to sit somewhat comfortably in the market where people may take pity on you, gifting gold, food and drink?