Homeless tents creeping into the nice/residential part of DC

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Anonymous wrote:They are not following the rules. The rules do not allow camping in public space. The city offers other spaces for existing, and none of us gets to live wherever we want.

Or littering. Or urinating or defecating in public spaces.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a vicious cycle. We lived in DC for a decade and I’ve worked downtown for over two decades, but I’ll keep holding out to work from home remotely until there’s assurance that Bowser and the MPD are going to clean the city up. I’ve been to Union Station a few times and the surrounding area is just sordid. I know the powers that be may not have an incentive to clean things up until the businesses start putting pressure on them, but they really ought to be taking the lead here. They are so full of their own rhetoric that they have no idea how much damage they are doing to the city’s short and medium-term prospects. I feel sorry for people who bought in recent years thinking the city would always keep improving. That’s anything but the case right now.

It’s incredible to me how little pride the mayor and council have it the city that they can allow it to become like this. I guess so long as the tents and encampments are not near their own homes then they don’t care?

But, these are PEOPLE! You don’t just “clean up” - like they are human garbage or something.

You PPs sound like heartless MAGA-morons.

Yes, you clean up. They are people and they need to live by the rules society sets, to include not camping out on public property. The interests of the city as a whole simply matter much more.

We set the rules, and those deprived of homes are following the rules we set by utilizing public spaces to simply exist.

They are not bothering anyone; why do you hate them so?

They are not bothering anyone except when they are by throwing a brick at a baby, knocking a woman’s teeth out, stripping in front of young children on the playground, openly using and dealing drugs, stealing bikes from residents, littering, defecating on park benches and aggressively panhandling. Otherwise they are model neighbors.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a vicious cycle. We lived in DC for a decade and I’ve worked downtown for over two decades, but I’ll keep holding out to work from home remotely until there’s assurance that Bowser and the MPD are going to clean the city up. I’ve been to Union Station a few times and the surrounding area is just sordid. I know the powers that be may not have an incentive to clean things up until the businesses start putting pressure on them, but they really ought to be taking the lead here. They are so full of their own rhetoric that they have no idea how much damage they are doing to the city’s short and medium-term prospects. I feel sorry for people who bought in recent years thinking the city would always keep improving. That’s anything but the case right now.

It’s incredible to me how little pride the mayor and council have it the city that they can allow it to become like this. I guess so long as the tents and encampments are not near their own homes then they don’t care?

But, these are PEOPLE! You don’t just “clean up” - like they are human garbage or something.

You PPs sound like heartless MAGA-morons.

Yes, you clean up. They are people and they need to live by the rules society sets, to include not camping out on public property. The interests of the city as a whole simply matter much more.

We set the rules, and those deprived of homes are following the rules we set by utilizing public spaces to simply exist.

They are not bothering anyone; why do you hate them so?

They are not bothering anyone except when they are by throwing a brick at a baby, knocking a woman’s teeth out, stripping in front of young children on the playground, openly using and dealing drugs, stealing bikes from residents, littering, defecating on park benches and aggressively panhandling. Otherwise they are model neighbors.

Pretty much sums it up. Also, don't forget the spare of murders by delusional homeless persons in DC in the past 5 years .

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a vicious cycle. We lived in DC for a decade and I’ve worked downtown for over two decades, but I’ll keep holding out to work from home remotely until there’s assurance that Bowser and the MPD are going to clean the city up. I’ve been to Union Station a few times and the surrounding area is just sordid. I know the powers that be may not have an incentive to clean things up until the businesses start putting pressure on them, but they really ought to be taking the lead here. They are so full of their own rhetoric that they have no idea how much damage they are doing to the city’s short and medium-term prospects. I feel sorry for people who bought in recent years thinking the city would always keep improving. That’s anything but the case right now.

It’s incredible to me how little pride the mayor and council have it the city that they can allow it to become like this. I guess so long as the tents and encampments are not near their own homes then they don’t care?

But, these are PEOPLE! You don’t just “clean up” - like they are human garbage or something.

You PPs sound like heartless MAGA-morons.

Yes, you clean up. They are people and they need to live by the rules society sets, to include not camping out on public property. The interests of the city as a whole simply matter much more.

We set the rules, and those deprived of homes are following the rules we set by utilizing public spaces to simply exist.

They are not bothering anyone; why do you hate them so?

They are not bothering anyone except when they are by throwing a brick at a baby, knocking a woman’s teeth out, stripping in front of young children on the playground, openly using and dealing drugs, stealing bikes from residents, littering, defecating on park benches and aggressively panhandling. Otherwise they are model neighbors.

Pretty much sums it up. Also, don't forget the spare of murders by delusional homeless persons in DC in the past 5 years .

Oh yes I had forgotten about the random neck stabbing in DC.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a vicious cycle. We lived in DC for a decade and I’ve worked downtown for over two decades, but I’ll keep holding out to work from home remotely until there’s assurance that Bowser and the MPD are going to clean the city up. I’ve been to Union Station a few times and the surrounding area is just sordid. I know the powers that be may not have an incentive to clean things up until the businesses start putting pressure on them, but they really ought to be taking the lead here. They are so full of their own rhetoric that they have no idea how much damage they are doing to the city’s short and medium-term prospects. I feel sorry for people who bought in recent years thinking the city would always keep improving. That’s anything but the case right now.

It’s incredible to me how little pride the mayor and council have it the city that they can allow it to become like this. I guess so long as the tents and encampments are not near their own homes then they don’t care?

But, these are PEOPLE! You don’t just “clean up” - like they are human garbage or something.

You PPs sound like heartless MAGA-morons.

Yes, you clean up. They are people and they need to live by the rules society sets, to include not camping out on public property. The interests of the city as a whole simply matter much more.

We set the rules, and those deprived of homes are following the rules we set by utilizing public spaces to simply exist.

They are not bothering anyone; why do you hate them so?

Will you be okay if they use your front lawn as their toilet and do drugs in front of your children?

Or yell "nice tits!" whenever your 14 year-old daughter walks by.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a vicious cycle. We lived in DC for a decade and I’ve worked downtown for over two decades, but I’ll keep holding out to work from home remotely until there’s assurance that Bowser and the MPD are going to clean the city up. I’ve been to Union Station a few times and the surrounding area is just sordid. I know the powers that be may not have an incentive to clean things up until the businesses start putting pressure on them, but they really ought to be taking the lead here. They are so full of their own rhetoric that they have no idea how much damage they are doing to the city’s short and medium-term prospects. I feel sorry for people who bought in recent years thinking the city would always keep improving. That’s anything but the case right now.

It’s incredible to me how little pride the mayor and council have it the city that they can allow it to become like this. I guess so long as the tents and encampments are not near their own homes then they don’t care?

But, these are PEOPLE! You don’t just “clean up” - like they are human garbage or something.

You PPs sound like heartless MAGA-morons.

Yes, you clean up. They are people and they need to live by the rules society sets, to include not camping out on public property. The interests of the city as a whole simply matter much more.

We set the rules, and those deprived of homes are following the rules we set by utilizing public spaces to simply exist.

They are not bothering anyone; why do you hate them so?

They are not bothering anyone except when they are by throwing a brick at a baby, knocking a woman’s teeth out, stripping in front of young children on the playground, openly using and dealing drugs, stealing bikes from residents, littering, defecating on park benches and aggressively panhandling. Otherwise they are model neighbors.

Pretty much sums it up. Also, don't forget the spare of murders by delusional homeless persons in DC in the past 5 years .

Oh yes I had forgotten about the random neck stabbing in DC.

And the foreman in the bridge, and the lady attacked in GW parking lot (ok, not murdered - battery and attempted sexual assault) , and the yoga teacher who was murdered. It goes on and on. I am not making light -. So angry that these innocents were victimized like this by people society averts their eyes from until they cause grievous harm.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a vicious cycle. We lived in DC for a decade and I’ve worked downtown for over two decades, but I’ll keep holding out to work from home remotely until there’s assurance that Bowser and the MPD are going to clean the city up. I’ve been to Union Station a few times and the surrounding area is just sordid. I know the powers that be may not have an incentive to clean things up until the businesses start putting pressure on them, but they really ought to be taking the lead here. They are so full of their own rhetoric that they have no idea how much damage they are doing to the city’s short and medium-term prospects. I feel sorry for people who bought in recent years thinking the city would always keep improving. That’s anything but the case right now.

It’s incredible to me how little pride the mayor and council have it the city that they can allow it to become like this. I guess so long as the tents and encampments are not near their own homes then they don’t care?

But, these are PEOPLE! You don’t just “clean up” - like they are human garbage or something.

You PPs sound like heartless MAGA-morons.

Yes, you clean up. They are people and they need to live by the rules society sets, to include not camping out on public property. The interests of the city as a whole simply matter much more.

We set the rules, and those deprived of homes are following the rules we set by utilizing public spaces to simply exist.

They are not bothering anyone; why do you hate them so?

They are not bothering anyone except when they are by throwing a brick at a baby, knocking a woman’s teeth out, stripping in front of young children on the playground, openly using and dealing drugs, stealing bikes from residents, littering, defecating on park benches and aggressively panhandling. Otherwise they are model neighbors.

Pretty much sums it up. Also, don't forget the spare of murders by delusional homeless persons in DC in the past 5 years .

Oh yes I had forgotten about the random neck stabbing in DC.

And the foreman in the bridge, and the lady attacked in GW parking lot (ok, not murdered - battery and attempted sexual assault) , and the yoga teacher who was murdered. It goes on and on. I am not making light -. So angry that these innocents were victimized like this by people society averts their eyes from until they cause grievous harm.

But those were the rare exceptions. Most homeless people are harmless. Plus they are victims of income inequality and lack of social services.

Where is your empathy for the homeless?

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a vicious cycle. We lived in DC for a decade and I’ve worked downtown for over two decades, but I’ll keep holding out to work from home remotely until there’s assurance that Bowser and the MPD are going to clean the city up. I’ve been to Union Station a few times and the surrounding area is just sordid. I know the powers that be may not have an incentive to clean things up until the businesses start putting pressure on them, but they really ought to be taking the lead here. They are so full of their own rhetoric that they have no idea how much damage they are doing to the city’s short and medium-term prospects. I feel sorry for people who bought in recent years thinking the city would always keep improving. That’s anything but the case right now.

It’s incredible to me how little pride the mayor and council have it the city that they can allow it to become like this. I guess so long as the tents and encampments are not near their own homes then they don’t care?

But, these are PEOPLE! You don’t just “clean up” - like they are human garbage or something.

You PPs sound like heartless MAGA-morons.

Yes, you clean up. They are people and they need to live by the rules society sets, to include not camping out on public property. The interests of the city as a whole simply matter much more.

We set the rules, and those deprived of homes are following the rules we set by utilizing public spaces to simply exist.

They are not bothering anyone; why do you hate them so?

They are not bothering anyone except when they are by throwing a brick at a baby, knocking a woman’s teeth out, stripping in front of young children on the playground, openly using and dealing drugs, stealing bikes from residents, littering, defecating on park benches and aggressively panhandling. Otherwise they are model neighbors.

Pretty much sums it up. Also, don't forget the spare of murders by delusional homeless persons in DC in the past 5 years .

Oh yes I had forgotten about the random neck stabbing in DC.

And the foreman in the bridge, and the lady attacked in GW parking lot (ok, not murdered - battery and attempted sexual assault) , and the yoga teacher who was murdered. It goes on and on. I am not making light -. So angry that these innocents were victimized like this by people society averts their eyes from until they cause grievous harm.

But those were the rare exceptions. Most homeless people are harmless. Plus they are victims of income inequality and lack of social services.

Where is your empathy for the homeless?

What are you talking about?

[Anonymous]

“Homeless people are victims of income inequality” is honestly quite funny in its inventiveness. Good job pushing peoples buttons with the trolling.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a vicious cycle. We lived in DC for a decade and I’ve worked downtown for over two decades, but I’ll keep holding out to work from home remotely until there’s assurance that Bowser and the MPD are going to clean the city up. I’ve been to Union Station a few times and the surrounding area is just sordid. I know the powers that be may not have an incentive to clean things up until the businesses start putting pressure on them, but they really ought to be taking the lead here. They are so full of their own rhetoric that they have no idea how much damage they are doing to the city’s short and medium-term prospects. I feel sorry for people who bought in recent years thinking the city would always keep improving. That’s anything but the case right now.

It’s incredible to me how little pride the mayor and council have it the city that they can allow it to become like this. I guess so long as the tents and encampments are not near their own homes then they don’t care?

But, these are PEOPLE! You don’t just “clean up” - like they are human garbage or something.

You PPs sound like heartless MAGA-morons.

Yes, you clean up. They are people and they need to live by the rules society sets, to include not camping out on public property. The interests of the city as a whole simply matter much more.

We set the rules, and those deprived of homes are following the rules we set by utilizing public spaces to simply exist.

They are not bothering anyone; why do you hate them so?

They are not bothering anyone except when they are by throwing a brick at a baby, knocking a woman’s teeth out, stripping in front of young children on the playground, openly using and dealing drugs, stealing bikes from residents, littering, defecating on park benches and aggressively panhandling. Otherwise they are model neighbors.

Pretty much sums it up. Also, don't forget the spare of murders by delusional homeless persons in DC in the past 5 years .

Oh yes I had forgotten about the random neck stabbing in DC.

And the foreman in the bridge, and the lady attacked in GW parking lot (ok, not murdered - battery and attempted sexual assault) , and the yoga teacher who was murdered. It goes on and on. I am not making light -. So angry that these innocents were victimized like this by people society averts their eyes from until they cause grievous harm.

But those were the rare exceptions. Most homeless people are harmless. Plus they are victims of income inequality and lack of social services.

Where is your empathy for the homeless?

Rare exceptions? The shocking sequence of murders and attacks by mentally ill homeless who should be in facilities under watch and treatment is the tip of the iceberg of many issues people are describing. There is no rare exception here - it adds up to an iceberg of intractable social ills. My empathy is in wanting them to recover voluntary or involuntary services that both help them and mitigate a litany of anti social behaviors.

[Anonymous]

I would really prefer the people who attack me to own homes, or at least be renters. I would feel much less outrage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would really prefer the people who attack me to own homes, or at least be renters. I would feel much less outrage.

Your facetiousness isn't bringing victims back to life. People point is that instead of advocating that the mentally ill be given tents, advocate for treatment and safe facilities.

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure I know when DC was this pristine city? I've lived in VA (but not DC) for most of my life, and I remember when large parts of DC were considered dangerous. And maybe because I'm white when other white people said that it was code for "black," but I do remember when you could be walking down one street and it was totally fine, and then you'd turn the corner and be like....I feel very unsafe.

What I don't understand is why Arlington has virtually no homeless people that I see and DC has so many, when the two locations are so close. My assumption is that DC is allowing homeless people to have access to a lot of things that Arlington isn't. Or there would be way more homeless people there.

It reminds me of Giuliani (before he went totally Trump crazy). A lot of people hated him for making it very difficult to be visibly homeless in NYC. But large parts of NYC that had been pretty gross and not tourist friendly became much nicer. Yes. It was bad for people who were already hurting, and I don't have an answer for that. But it was better for the city as a whole. And I hate Giuliani. But I saw NYC before and after, and maybe after was more "plastic" and Times Square got "Disneyfied," but after was better.

I look at what's happening in SF, and it's not good. The last time I visited there was right before the pandemic and I was pretty shocked. I felt unsafe in some pretty touristy areas of the city. And I'm not clutching my pearls. I have lived in big cities. But there were a lot of people around who were obviously homeless but also obviously either mentally ill or on drugs or both.

I'm a Dem because I don't like the religious right, Trump, the pro-lifers, etc....all the moral crap Republicans want to shove down my throat. My more liberal friends are horrified when I suggest that DC should stop making it easy to be visibly homeless because they say...well...what are those people supposed to do? We have an obligation to help them. And I agree with that. But I don't think the answer is people creating tent cities. I don't know what the answer is, but I don't think what's going on now is the answer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would really prefer the people who attack me to own homes, or at least be renters. I would feel much less outrage.

Your facetiousness isn't bringing victims back to life. People point is that instead of advocating that the mentally ill be given tents, advocate for treatment and safe facilities.

Yeah, people who are a danger to themselves and others need help. No one is arguing with you there.

People who you just don't like to see on the streets should get housing, not crappy shelters and restrictions that prevent them from getting work. Or a tent if they need it to survive in the meantime.

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Anonymous wrote:I would really prefer the people who attack me to own homes, or at least be renters. I would feel much less outrage.

Your facetiousness isn't bringing victims back to life. People point is that instead of advocating that the mentally ill be given tents, advocate for treatment and safe facilities.

Yeah, people who are a danger to themselves and others need help. No one is arguing with you there.

People who you just don't like to see on the streets should get housing, not crappy shelters and restrictions that prevent them from getting work. Or a tent if they need it to survive in the meantime.

Many of them have Ben offered housing and refused it because they don't want to give up using drugs.