Someone has started sleeping on the sidewalk next to our house

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm concerned about the person camping out behind the elementary school. He is carrying a sign about conspiracy type stuff. I have seen him heading behind the school at night and heading out in the mid morning to do his rounds and then set up his sign..talking loudly to himself. Hallucinatory? Doesn't seem like the right chemistry to have so many camping by schools, like the sleep + poop field by Wilson High School.

That sounds like the "Demand Peace" guy

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s funny how so many people are ok with homeless people, until they show up on their sidewalk.

I’m not OP but I would not want someone sleeping on my sidewalk. If that’s cool with you, please provide your address and OP can direct them to a more hospitable location.

It's not your sidewalk.

Tell that to the city who requires you to shovel it.

Yes, the city should plow sidewalks just as it plows streets.

Still not your sidewalk, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm concerned about the person camping out behind the elementary school. He is carrying a sign about conspiracy type stuff. I have seen him heading behind the school at night and heading out in the mid morning to do his rounds and then set up his sign..talking loudly to himself. Hallucinatory? Doesn't seem like the right chemistry to have so many camping by schools, like the sleep + poop field by Wilson High School.

That sounds like the "Demand Peace" guy

I used to see that guy in Woodbridge, but was not familiar with his presence in DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm concerned about the person camping out behind the elementary school. He is carrying a sign about conspiracy type stuff. I have seen him heading behind the school at night and heading out in the mid morning to do his rounds and then set up his sign..talking loudly to himself. Hallucinatory? Doesn't seem like the right chemistry to have so many camping by schools, like the sleep + poop field by Wilson High School.

That sounds like the "Demand Peace" guy

I used to see that guy in Woodbridge, but was not familiar with his presence in DC.

It seems very focused on Snowden . He's been sitting in front of the 9/11 pavilion on the Sidwell grounds (future elementary school) a lot with his signage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What would you want if you were in that situation? Have you talked to them? Asked them what they need?

I don't see how you expect them to care about what you want if you don't care about what they want. If you're approaching it from and adversarial standpoint you're just using your position of power to prioritize your needs over theirs.

Oh brother.

[Anonymous]

They need to get off the sidewalk in front of your home. Hose his ass down. Rinse and repeat. Let him squat somewhere else. Tax dollars galore pay for social services. He has a place to go. Go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They need to get off the sidewalk in front of your home. Hose his ass down. Rinse and repeat. Let him squat somewhere else. Tax dollars galore pay for social services. He has a place to go. Go.

Oh good, another person suggesting assault. Really helpful, thanks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They need to get off the sidewalk in front of your home. Hose his ass down. Rinse and repeat. Let him squat somewhere else. Tax dollars galore pay for social services. He has a place to go. Go.

Oh good, another person suggesting assault. Really helpful, thanks.

Just a taxpayer watering his garden.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They need to get off the sidewalk in front of your home. Hose his ass down. Rinse and repeat. Let him squat somewhere else. Tax dollars galore pay for social services. He has a place to go. Go.

Oh good, another person suggesting assault. Really helpful, thanks.

Just a taxpayer watering his garden.

Have fun with an arrest record. Oh, nevermind. You only talk tough on the internet. Sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They need to get off the sidewalk in front of your home. Hose his ass down. Rinse and repeat. Let him squat somewhere else. Tax dollars galore pay for social services. He has a place to go. Go.

Oh good, another person suggesting assault. Really helpful, thanks.

Just a taxpayer watering his garden.

Have fun with an arrest record. Oh, nevermind. You only talk tough on the internet. Sad.

It’s DC. We typically don’t arrest people for assault here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s funny how so many people are ok with homeless people, until they show up on their sidewalk.

I’m not OP but I would not want someone sleeping on my sidewalk. If that’s cool with you, please provide your address and OP can direct them to a more hospitable location.

It's not your sidewalk.

Aren't sidewalks placed on properties through easements? That means the owner still owns the land?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s funny how so many people are ok with homeless people, until they show up on their sidewalk.

I’m not OP but I would not want someone sleeping on my sidewalk. If that’s cool with you, please provide your address and OP can direct them to a more hospitable location.

It's not your sidewalk.

Aren't sidewalks placed on properties through easements? That means the owner still owns the land?

Actually, in DC, quite the opposite. Most of your front yard is probably also public space, but you have an easement (of sorts) over it. The sidewalk is totally public.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s funny how so many people are ok with homeless people, until they show up on their sidewalk.

I’m not OP but I would not want someone sleeping on my sidewalk. If that’s cool with you, please provide your address and OP can direct them to a more hospitable location.

It's not your sidewalk.

Aren't sidewalks placed on properties through easements? That means the owner still owns the land?

Actually, in DC, quite the opposite. Most of your front yard is probably also public space, but you have an easement (of sorts) over it. The sidewalk is totally public.

My front yard is public space? Maybe for sewer line repairs. Otherwise, I don't think so!

[Anonymous]

Set up an alarm clock that makes loud noises at random times. Any neighbor who complains to the police will just blame it on the street guy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would watch and move their things when they are gone. And call the police/behavior health/shelter emergency line constantly. I’m all for supporting people but not allowing a homeless encampment to be established by my fence. Because it will never go away. They can camp beneath an underpass or on a median - not on a residential corner.

Don't touch their stuff. That's not legal.

It's also a really $Hitty thing to do.

DC has a department for this and you can call churches or try So Others Might Eat and get some referrals. I understand wanting the person removed, but I'd like to be able to offer them a solution.