Homeless in McLean?

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Anonymous wrote:There’s a sizable tent camp in the woods near Kirby Road, down in the little valley by the creek. A neighbor was walking her dog there the year before last and a white man who seemed to live in one of tents exposed himself and followed her for some distance while masturbating.

What? Where, near Kirby and Westmoreland? I’ve never seen anything back there. I’m not saying that didn’t happen but I’m not aware of some tent encampment.

NP, but my guess was Marie Butler Leven Preserve as the mystery location?

The white house in located the preserve had been unoccupied for some time. The presence of trash and alcohol led me to believe it was either being occupied by a few homeless people, or it was a spot where teenagers regularly hang out. (I believe the house has now been occupied for the last 2 years or so).

The house has been occupied for at least 2 years by a county conservationist who tends to the preserve. I know he’s cleaned the house up quite a bit. We live right by there and I haven’t seen any homeless people hanging around there - at least in the last few years.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone seen the nice woman who used to be at Dolley Madison Library?

I haven't seen her in a long time.

Have seen her within the last 3 months. She seems to spend much of her day sitting in front of the library, as if she is waiting for someone, but she actually is homeless. I believe she sleeps in either the library or the community center.

No one in Mclean has an extra bedroom for someone like her.

I know you’re making fun of McLean and I get it, but having a close relative who worked at a shelter, I can tell you that a lot of people who live on the street actually want to. That’s part of the problem that’s never discussed. And a lot need psychiatric care.

This is very true. If you gave many of these homeless people rent money for a month, chances are they aren't going to spend it on housing.

And not even money. She would literally find them a place to live and they’d turn it down. It’s a complicated problem for sure.

NP. +1. When people talk about homelessness, they rarely mention the fact that some homeless people are fine with their situation and/or don’t want to take on the obligations associated with maintaining a residence.

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Anonymous wrote:As housing prices rise, so will homelessness. Just look at San Francisco's homeless population. The high cost of housing is devastating to lower-income people. There will be more homeless in Northern VA.

The new homeless population is not being kicked out of housing. It's the poor following the rich. The availability of services and cash "handouts" in this area drives the population. [


Let them eat cake. They are just here in mclean looking for our cake crumbs.

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Anonymous wrote:I imagine the homeless people do very well in McLean. I know a few of the homeless people in Arlington (Clarendon specifically) can afford to stay in hotels...

They do very in mclean? You must have a different idea of the meaning of doing very well

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone seen the nice woman who used to be at Dolley Madison Library?

I haven't seen her in a long time.

Have seen her within the last 3 months. She seems to spend much of her day sitting in front of the library, as if she is waiting for someone, but she actually is homeless. I believe she sleeps in either the library or the community center.

No one in Mclean has an extra bedroom for someone like her.

I know you’re making fun of McLean and I get it, but having a close relative who worked at a shelter, I can tell you that a lot of people who live on the street actually want to. That’s part of the problem that’s never discussed. And a lot need psychiatric care.

This is so true. I’ve worked with homeless people and I know some prefer to risk getting frostbite sleeping outside than spend time in a shelter. I had one homeless man tell me “there’s no way I’m sleeping in a shelter, they’re full of people like me!” The majority of homeless people suffer from mental illness, substance abuse or both. Sadly, their illnesses make them incapable of maintaining a home.

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I have seen the clown riding his bike toward Pimmit Hills, so that tells you something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have seen the clown riding his bike toward Pimmit Hills, so that tells you something.

“We all tear-down down here!”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone seen the nice woman who used to be at Dolley Madison Library?

I haven't seen her in a long time.

Have seen her within the last 3 months. She seems to spend much of her day sitting in front of the library, as if she is waiting for someone, but she actually is homeless. I believe she sleeps in either the library or the community center.

No one in Mclean has an extra bedroom for someone like her.

I know you’re making fun of McLean and I get it, but having a close relative who worked at a shelter, I can tell you that a lot of people who live on the street actually want to. That’s part of the problem that’s never discussed. And a lot need psychiatric care.

This is so true. I’ve worked with homeless people and I know some prefer to risk getting frostbite sleeping outside than spend time in a shelter. I had one homeless man tell me “there’s no way I’m sleeping in a shelter, they’re full of people like me!” The majority of homeless people suffer from mental illness, substance abuse or both. Sadly, their illnesses make them incapable of maintaining a home.

Every winter this is a massive problem in northern cities across the US.

On dangerously cold nights, we volunteer and go around literally begging the homeless to let us help them by taking them to a warm shelter for the night. You’d be shocked how often the homeless refuse help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have seen the clown riding his bike toward Pimmit Hills, so that tells you something.

Pimmit Hills is a circus, so that's where the clown lives.

[Anonymous]

Thank the silver line.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s a sizable tent camp in the woods near Kirby Road, down in the little valley by the creek. A neighbor was walking her dog there the year before last and a white man who seemed to live in one of tents exposed himself and followed her for some distance while masturbating.

Wait- where is exactly is this, please? I take my son walking in the Pimmit Stream trains so I definitely want to avoid. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone seen the nice woman who used to be at Dolley Madison Library?

I haven't seen her in a long time.

Have seen her within the last 3 months. She seems to spend much of her day sitting in front of the library, as if she is waiting for someone, but she actually is homeless. I believe she sleeps in either the library or the community center.

No one in Mclean has an extra bedroom for someone like her.

I know you’re making fun of McLean and I get it, but having a close relative who worked at a shelter, I can tell you that a lot of people who live on the street actually want to. That’s part of the problem that’s never discussed. And a lot need psychiatric care.

This is so true. I’ve worked with homeless people and I know some prefer to risk getting frostbite sleeping outside than spend time in a shelter. I had one homeless man tell me “there’s no way I’m sleeping in a shelter, they’re full of people like me!” The majority of homeless people suffer from mental illness, substance abuse or both. Sadly, their illnesses make them incapable of maintaining a home.

Also, they get jumped in the shelter. They are afraid of the shelters because of that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank the silver line.

There were buses before the silver line. The clown travels by bike.

Either way, other than making Mcleaners feel uncomfortable, I don't think they are causing a crime wave.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Thank the silver line.

There were buses before the silver line. The clown travels by bike.

Either way, other than making Mcleaners feel uncomfortable, I don't think they are causing a crime wave.

I thought the clown was just weird, not homeless?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Thank the silver line.

There were buses before the silver line. The clown travels by bike.

Either way, other than making Mcleaners feel uncomfortable, I don't think they are causing a crime wave.

I thought the clown was just weird, not homeless?

I don't think the night clown is homeless either. Also the old lady in the post office doesn't look homeless, she is well dressed. They are eccentric fixtures in Mclean. If we could tolerate Newt Gingrich and Ken Starr in Mclean, we can tolerate our eccentrics.