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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wake up DC you’re about to lose people to flying and none is going to come downtown to eat or shop.   Had to go to NYC today and the smell of urine is unbelievable.  Barely anyplace to eat.  I felt uncomfortable multiple times given the crappy homeless men milling about.   Basically it’s a shit hole.  [/quote]

I live in DC but had not been by that area in a year probably. I cant beleive all the tents out front.  The city, feds and private sector are investing a billion dollars to remake unions station, parking, improve train service etc...but until they deal wtih the empcampments its going to be  a dump. I lived on the hill in the late 90s and it wasnt that bad.[/quote]

It's unbelievable. I understand not wanting to chase away people who are down on their luck -- but allowing actual tents and encampments is crazy. Failure of government (and I say this as a pretty left-leaning person). [/quote]

Actually, the left are now cracking down on their own failed policies nation wide (see today's Post). I think the problem with Union Station might be whose jurisdiction this is? As Bowser has been proactive about clearing some encampments. The problem with the left is that while they are now roused to action clearing tent towns as they should ( ANOTHER man just died in a tent fire in DC. This is NOT benevolence), they are not passing involuntary commitment and treatment laws or mandatory shelter residency. That, or a bus ticket out of town, should be the options DC offers. Otherwise, just shuffling deck chairs on the titanic. - I say this as a center right person hoping our left leaning politicians (every municipal politician in DC basically) will shake off their myopia and complicity in a terrible state of affairs. [/quote]

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