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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Where were all of these people 4-5 years ago? [b]
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I'm curious if the tent communities are actually because of covid (changes in homeless shelter availability, lost jobs, inability to pay rent, etc.) or if this is just taking advantage of looser enforcement in the past few years?

[/b]Are the homeless coming here purposefully from other locations because they know they won't be removed?[b] I've heard really sad stories about some great cities out west that were really overrun with this situation, leading to unsanitary conditions and unsafe conditions for everyone - both the people living in the tent communities and those in housing or working around them.[/quote]

This. Is there suddenly TONS more mental illness now than 5 years ago?? Or are they just taking advantage of the fact that the city is empty (relatively speaking) with all the remote work so they can set up a tent city anywhere and won't be asked to move. Because before these things used to exist "out of sight" (relatively speaking) under overpasses etc. No reason they need to exist smack in front of Union Station so it's the first thing you see when visiting the nations capital. AND more importantly will these people be asked to move on when the city resumes some type of normal operation - which evidently will be never since everyone wants to remote work forever but that's a different issue.[/quote]

Well, yes, enforcement is way down, but debilitating drug use is up, and the border is open for more supply to flood in.[/quote]

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