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Actually the tents there are a LOT like it was 20+ years ago

Actually no. In 2003 there weren’t filthy tents on every triangle park and overpass and traffic circle and underpass in the godd6m city[/quote]

Exactly.  Have lived in the city, downtown, for close to 30 years.  While there has been an intermittment encampment presence at Whitehurst Freeway/Rock Creek Pkwy at VA Ave, the phenomena of large tents parked in the triangular parks and on wide sidewalks like 17th Street and Dupont Circle only started during Covid, when the City decided to tolerate it.  There is no reason that the City should allow people to encamp in these spaces.  There are ample shelter beds.  [/quote]

PP here - I apologize for my inaccuracy and bad math. There was a very large encampment under the Whitehurst using boxes and tarps THIRTY years ago, as well as many sleeping on Metro grates. It was shocking to me when I move here. Things somehow got better when we had the Control Board and the proper prosperity of the late 90s. We are back to the bad old days, just with tents provided by people who don’t realize they are actually creating drug dens in their own neighborhoods.[/quote]

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