Encampment by the Metropolitan Branch Trail

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The authorities need to clear this out, pronto.

+2, it's disgusting what those people are doing to the environment. Look at all the trash. Where are they going to the bathroom? That camp is basically a hazmat site. It'll cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to clean it up and mitigate all the environmental damage.

Agreed.

Maybe the 'kind-hearted' and so-called 'compassionate' PPs can move some of these people into their backyards and clean up after them.

[Anonymous]

A 'camp of the saints' in DC metro area?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The authorities need to clear this out, pronto.

+2, it's disgusting what those people are doing to the environment. Look at all the trash. Where are they going to the bathroom? That camp is basically a hazmat site. It'll cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to clean it up and mitigate all the environmental damage.

Agreed.

Maybe the 'kind-hearted' and so-called 'compassionate' PPs can move some of these people into their backyards and clean up after them.

I'm sure they could offer that, with access to their kitchen and bathrooms.

[Anonymous]

Most unhomed lived in encampments by choice.
They have mental health issues and/or felony history
and/or problems with drug/alcoholism addiction
that prevent them feeling comfortable or allowed
in overnight shelters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The encampments are a public health disaster waiting to happen.

How so?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The encampments are a public health disaster waiting to happen.

How so?

Fecal matter. TB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The authorities need to clear this out, pronto.

Leave these people alone for God's sake. Be a decent human being. No one is "choosing" to live on the streets because they're lazy. They are ill, incapable of helping themselves, incapable of following through with all the paper work or appointments necessary to get the very limited resources that are offered, that take forever to come through anyway, etc etc etc. Where are they supposed to go? I heard on the news a year ago about a man who was discovered living in a hollowed out cave-like area in -- Arlington? They arrested him. Good God, the man is living in an underground cave -- that's illegal?

Grow a heart. Be a decent human being who will make it into heaven one day.

+1 I wish everyone felt like we do!

Wishing people would live in caves is having a heart? How about lobbying to commit more resources to hospitalization and day shelters? Your definition of having a heart seems a little medieval.

Seriously, WTF? It's compassionate to encourage people to live in these encampments?

So twisted.

Obviously no one is ENCOURAGING them to live there, dolts. The fact is that they DO live there, and simply kicking them out without providing an alternative is stupid and heartless. WTF ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO??? WHERE CAN THEY LIVE? WHERE CAN THEY SLEEP? WHERE CAN THEY GO TO THE BATHROOM??? I see on the news when they clear these sites out, just taking away everyone's tents and belongings -- THEN WHAT??? They still breathe and eat and sleep and poop. Where are they supposed to go to do those things?

Until you come up with a good solution, don't "clear out" these encampments. No society that looks the other way once they are made aware of the plight of the individuals like these can consider itself civilized.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The authorities need to clear this out, pronto.

+2, it's disgusting what those people are doing to the environment. Look at all the trash. Where are they going to the bathroom? That camp is basically a hazmat site. It'll cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to clean it up and mitigate all the environmental damage.

Agreed.

Maybe the 'kind-hearted' and so-called 'compassionate' PPs can move some of these people into their backyards and clean up after them.

I'm sure they could offer that, with access to their kitchen and bathrooms.

Should I pave the roads myself too, and knock on your door to collect your taxes? No, I have a government that is supposed to be taking care of these things. It would be simple enough to have some designated space for people to pitch a tent, and have some portapotties or even running water there. It would also be simple enough to have "sleeping quarters" somewhere like they do in Japan that are just big enough to sleep in, where people can safely store their things and their bodies for the night. Not that hard. No reason why I should have to provide those things myself simply because I object to others wanting homeless people ousted with no alternatives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The authorities need to clear this out, pronto.

+2, it's disgusting what those people are doing to the environment. Look at all the trash. Where are they going to the bathroom? That camp is basically a hazmat site. It'll cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to clean it up and mitigate all the environmental damage.

Agreed.

Maybe the 'kind-hearted' and so-called 'compassionate' PPs can move some of these people into their backyards and clean up after them.

America is built on Christian values. The kind-hearted and compassionate are supposed to be the pillars of the community, no air quotes and no "so-called" necessary.

[Anonymous]

" America is built on Christian values. "

Which Founding Fathers were Christians, please tell. Deists, or Theists, for sure, but not Christians.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The authorities need to clear this out, pronto.

Leave these people alone for God's sake. Be a decent human being. No one is "choosing" to live on the streets because they're lazy. They are ill, incapable of helping themselves, incapable of following through with all the paper work or appointments necessary to get the very limited resources that are offered, that take forever to come through anyway, etc etc etc. Where are they supposed to go? I heard on the news a year ago about a man who was discovered living in a hollowed out cave-like area in -- Arlington? They arrested him. Good God, the man is living in an underground cave -- that's illegal?

Grow a heart. Be a decent human being who will make it into heaven one day.

+1 I wish everyone felt like we do!

Wishing people would live in caves is having a heart? How about lobbying to commit more resources to hospitalization and day shelters? Your definition of having a heart seems a little medieval.

Seriously, WTF? It's compassionate to encourage people to live in these encampments?

So twisted.

Obviously no one is ENCOURAGING them to live there, dolts. The fact is that they DO live there, and simply kicking them out without providing an alternative is stupid and heartless. WTF ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO??? WHERE CAN THEY LIVE? WHERE CAN THEY SLEEP? WHERE CAN THEY GO TO THE BATHROOM??? I see on the news when they clear these sites out, just taking away everyone's tents and belongings -- THEN WHAT??? They still breathe and eat and sleep and poop. Where are they supposed to go to do those things?

Until you come up with a good solution, don't "clear out" these encampments. No society that looks the other way once they are made aware of the plight of the individuals like these can consider itself civilized.

Not trying to be obnoxious, but couldn’t DC install
Porta-Potties in the encampments? Maybe some would use them and that would help.

[Anonymous]

Good god. Have you seen the bathrooms in starbucks and union station? Can only imagine these porta potties.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The authorities need to clear this out, pronto.

Leave these people alone for God's sake. Be a decent human being. No one is "choosing" to live on the streets because they're lazy. They are ill, incapable of helping themselves, incapable of following through with all the paper work or appointments necessary to get the very limited resources that are offered, that take forever to come through anyway, etc etc etc. Where are they supposed to go? I heard on the news a year ago about a man who was discovered living in a hollowed out cave-like area in -- Arlington? They arrested him. Good God, the man is living in an underground cave -- that's illegal?

Grow a heart. Be a decent human being who will make it into heaven one day.

+1 I wish everyone felt like we do!

Wishing people would live in caves is having a heart? How about lobbying to commit more resources to hospitalization and day shelters? Your definition of having a heart seems a little medieval.

Seriously, WTF? It's compassionate to encourage people to live in these encampments?

So twisted.

Obviously no one is ENCOURAGING them to live there, dolts. The fact is that they DO live there, and simply kicking them out without providing an alternative is stupid and heartless. WTF ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO??? WHERE CAN THEY LIVE? WHERE CAN THEY SLEEP? WHERE CAN THEY GO TO THE BATHROOM??? I see on the news when they clear these sites out, just taking away everyone's tents and belongings -- THEN WHAT??? They still breathe and eat and sleep and poop. Where are they supposed to go to do those things?

Until you come up with a good solution, don't "clear out" these encampments. No society that looks the other way once they are made aware of the plight of the individuals like these can consider itself civilized.

Why are you yelling?

There are shelters all over the DMV.

[Anonymous]

I think cities should permit encampments in specific areas, and provide some minimal health & safety services. The difficulty is preventing them from turning into open-air drug markets, so they also have to be policed. With this approach, encampments on public right-of-ways like sidewalks can be banned, and people who chose to live in an encampment can do so. Legally, you can't actually force people to live in shelters.

As in Seattle: https://www.seattle.gov/homelessness/city-permitted-villages

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The authorities need to clear this out, pronto.

Leave these people alone for God's sake. Be a decent human being. No one is "choosing" to live on the streets because they're lazy. They are ill, incapable of helping themselves, incapable of following through with all the paper work or appointments necessary to get the very limited resources that are offered, that take forever to come through anyway, etc etc etc. Where are they supposed to go? I heard on the news a year ago about a man who was discovered living in a hollowed out cave-like area in -- Arlington? They arrested him. Good God, the man is living in an underground cave -- that's illegal?

Grow a heart. Be a decent human being who will make it into heaven one day.

Two solutions-
Forced hospitalization for the mentally ill chronic homeless
And opening day shelters for those down on their luck.
Camps should be razed and libraries should not be the alternative.

This.