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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anyone seen the nice woman who used to be at Dolley Madison Library?

I haven't seen her in a long time.  [/quote]

Have seen her within the last 3 months.  She seems to spend much of her day sitting in front of the library, as if she is waiting for someone, but she actually is  homeless.  I believe she sleeps in either the library or the community center.  [/quote]

No one in Mclean has an extra bedroom for someone like her.[/quote]

I know you’re making fun of McLean and I get it, but having a close relative who worked at a shelter, I can tell you that a lot of people who live on the street actually want to. That’s part of the problem that’s never discussed. And a lot need psychiatric care.[/quote]
This is so true. I’ve worked with homeless people and I know some prefer to risk getting frostbite sleeping outside than spend time in a shelter. I had one homeless man tell me “there’s no way I’m sleeping in a shelter, they’re full of people like me!” The majority of homeless people suffer from mental illness, substance abuse or both. Sadly, their illnesses make them incapable of maintaining a home. [/quote]

Every winter this is a massive problem in northern cities across the US.

On dangerously cold nights, we volunteer and go around literally begging the homeless to let us help them by taking them to a warm shelter for the night.  You’d be shocked how often the homeless refuse help.[/quote]

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