And you know this how? Personal experience, research, multiple interviews, analysis of census data, etc.?

And BTW, Perhaps you could enlighten us as to why cowboys are, as you state,

_DeadFred_ >"homeless dudes who happened to chase after cattle."?

Maybe a research URL or perhaps an brief explanation of how you lived with "cowboys" for X years and also lived with the "urban homeless" for Y years or such?