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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ive seen plenty of homeless people at the library, They are usually calm and working on the computers. Or in the Winter they are trying to keep warm. Is it ideal? no, but what would you suggest? Id rather teach my kid to have empathy for others who need a warm place to hang out. I have never seen them in the childrens sections.[/quote]

This is my experience too, but I’m in a fairly affluent exurb. I can see where a more urban library could be overrun.[/quote]

Is north arlington affluent because I see them all the time in clarendon.[/quote]

Immediate PP here and I’m in Loudoun. Everyday all of the public computers with free internet are completely taken up by really poor looking people - sorry, dont know how else to describe them. Some are likely homeless, others are likely just very very poor. They sit quietly in the warmth and read on the computer. It doesn’t bother me a bit - I go to the library to pick up things I have reserved online or let my children pick out books and movies. If anyone were behaving inappropriately it would bother me but I’ve never seen it. I’ve never seen any sleeping or “camping out” either.[/quote]

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