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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I lived in DC for 20 years, in a bunch of different neighborhoods close  to downtown (dupont, logan, CH, petworth etc).  I left in 2017, and visit a couple times a year (usually for work, so mostly  spend time just downtown).  I visited this summer for pleasure, and holy crap, what a difference from a few years ago. DC always had it's problems, and I woke up more times than i care to remember with trash or junk on my front stoop. But the tent cities are a new level of terrible.  My friends were surprisingly chill about it, and I don't know why.

DC has been poor and underserved for pretty much all of modern history, so i'm not sure why "high rents" would cause this issue to first crop up in 2020. There's obviously something cultural that's changed.  [/quote]

+100 and if you look closely, all the tents look relatively high quality.  Clearly someone if giving away nice tents to homeless people.  Anyone know who?[/quote]

Generally there are charities that drive around in vans and map out where the homeless are living.  They will pass out the tents, food coats and socks and also give information for free dental and free health care clinics.  Many times the charities in the vans are religious based.  I'm not sure who is offering the service in DC.  The volunteers get to know the homeless by names and get to know their tent sites.[/quote]

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