You mean all the wealthy retirees, landlords and small business owners?

Some of them were broke-ass aspiring instagram influencers, tho.

I thought most of the people there had to spend hundreds (if not over a thousand) for transportation and hotel stay on short notice.

It was like Burning Man for Chuds. A solid mix of tech / finance goons doing Revolutionary LARP, real-ass Oathkeeper / 3%er white christian nationalists who legit supported an insurgency, and political grifters/tourists who just wanted to be at the center of the spectacle.