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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Serious question - if it's legal under DC regs apparently to pitch a tent on any DC public property (sidewalk, little pocket parks, etc) .... can my teenage son and his friends put up a $ REI tent in little triangle park and camp there for weeks on end?

If not, why not?

Someone's going to reply to this and demand that I check my privilege and to them I say, eff off.

I envison my son, a junior at a private high school in Ward 3, getting a few friends to camp with him.  Fires are a no-no, but they could put up some camp chairs (like the ones I see under Whitehurst Fwy?) and bring a quiet guitar and play songs.

Every single night, they can sleep in their REI tent with their Yeti cooler full of snacks.  They can read using their REI solar lanterns and then go to sleep on their NorthFace cots.  Maybe they could string solar party lights from tent to tent?

Would they be allowed to do this for months on end if their chosen location was smack dab in the center of Ward Circle Park? [/quote]

Yes.  Just get them a composting toilet that you will pick up and clean once a week [/quote]
Lol[/quote]

It's not easy living.  I'm sure they have to deal with everything from rats getting into their stuff to teenage thugs kicking the snot out of them and scattering their stuff for no good reason.  A couple of years ago I saw a car stop near where a homeless guy was, three guys jumped out and just started beating the guy up for no reason.  I ran over and chased them off, they just jumped back into their car and left.  This city is full of mentally ill people. Some are homeless, others are non-homeless violent sociopaths who have cars.[/quote]

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