Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 22:13     Subject: Homeless tents creeping into the nice/residential part of DC

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There needs to be a real solution.

Re-open good mental institutions long term for people that need them.

I have a mentally ill family member who has been institutionalized many times. We had to fight like hell to get her into the hospital. It shouldn't be that way.

Our mental health care system needs an overhaul.

The on ramp for long term mental health care should be MUCH easier to access. The problems we see with homelessness are largely a result of poor services for mentally ill people.


I agree. But I think they need some minimal place to live instead of being institutionalized.


No.
They will leave this place because its too far from where they can shoot up and panhandle
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 22:11     Subject: Homeless tents creeping into the nice/residential part of DC

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Leave the homeless alone. You all sound like the ghost of Marley but you haven't learned any lessons yet. Horrible people.

Give them someplace they can pitch their tents in peace.


Like the plains of Nebraska?


There are miles and miles of open land where they can camp. Why does it have to be DC? Particularly when many of the homeless aren't originally even from DC.


They want to be close to free food, free giveaways,
Panhandling, and drugs.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 22:10     Subject: Homeless tents creeping into the nice/residential part of DC

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Leave the homeless alone. You all sound like the ghost of Marley but you haven't learned any lessons yet. Horrible people.

Give them someplace they can pitch their tents in peace.

How many tents are pitched on your block? Zero. Lol.


And I don't want any on my block, either. I'm the poster who thinks they should have a designated campground somewhere.


Preferably somewhere they cant leave to get drugs or panhandle. I.e. mental health institutions
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 22:05     Subject: Homeless tents creeping into the nice/residential part of DC

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Glamorizing homelessness or low income housing as a conscious choice creates more problems as majority has behavioral or other mental health issues, drug issues, abuse issues and attract criminal elements to use them for their interests.


Homeless do make a choice. The reason many are living in tent encampments rather than in shelters (on which the DC government has spent many millions) is so they can shoot uo and take drugs. The shelters won’t let them do that. The DC government and the Park Police need to break up the drug-infested tent encampments already!


Then what? They'd still be homeless, still using drugs. There needs to be a solution, not just clearing them out.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 22:02     Subject: Homeless tents creeping into the nice/residential part of DC

Anonymous wrote:Glamorizing homelessness or low income housing as a conscious choice creates more problems as majority has behavioral or other mental health issues, drug issues, abuse issues and attract criminal elements to use them for their interests.


Homeless do make a choice. The reason many are living in tent encampments rather than in shelters (on which the DC government has spent many millions) is so they can shoot uo and take drugs. The shelters won’t let them do that. The DC government and the Park Police need to break up the drug-infested tent encampments already!
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 17:45     Subject: Homeless tents creeping into the nice/residential part of DC

Voting has consequences. At least some of us are honest and consistent, and don’t flip flop, when it happens to be our lawn.

Send them to Bowser or any Member of Congress. They’ll be taken care of real quick.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 14:23     Subject: Homeless tents creeping into the nice/residential part of DC

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's bad enough that tents are in all the public spaces downtown, but I was dismayed driving in this morning to see a tent in one of the little green public spaces off Mass Ave near the Cathedral.

I'm worried DC will into SF (and I mean the bad parts of SF). Why are city officials letting homeless people live in tents in all the public spaces? It's unsanitary and extremely unpleasant.



Idk why dems think ignoring problems of homeless and letting them spread problems into residential areas is somehow helping them. Its not.

Surely you know they have a bigger agenda, and this feeds into it. Helping people is not their ultimate goal.


You sound like one of the paranoid, mentally ill housed people.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 14:09     Subject: Homeless tents creeping into the nice/residential part of DC

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's bad enough that tents are in all the public spaces downtown, but I was dismayed driving in this morning to see a tent in one of the little green public spaces off Mass Ave near the Cathedral.

I'm worried DC will into SF (and I mean the bad parts of SF). Why are city officials letting homeless people live in tents in all the public spaces? It's unsanitary and extremely unpleasant.



Idk why dems think ignoring problems of homeless and letting them spread problems into residential areas is somehow helping them. Its not.

Surely you know they have a bigger agenda, and this feeds into it. Helping people is not their ultimate goal.


Republicans have solutions?
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 14:07     Subject: Homeless tents creeping into the nice/residential part of DC

Glamorizing homelessness or low income housing as a conscious choice creates more problems as majority has behavioral or other mental health issues, drug issues, abuse issues and attract criminal elements to use them for their interests.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 14:06     Subject: Homeless tents creeping into the nice/residential part of DC

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's bad enough that tents are in all the public spaces downtown, but I was dismayed driving in this morning to see a tent in one of the little green public spaces off Mass Ave near the Cathedral.

I'm worried DC will into SF (and I mean the bad parts of SF). Why are city officials letting homeless people live in tents in all the public spaces? It's unsanitary and extremely unpleasant.



Idk why dems think ignoring problems of homeless and letting them spread problems into residential areas is somehow helping them. Its not.

Surely you know they have a bigger agenda, and this feeds into it. Helping people is not their ultimate goal.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 14:04     Subject: Homeless tents creeping into the nice/residential part of DC

Potomac has tons of unused space.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 14:04     Subject: Homeless tents creeping into the nice/residential part of DC

Anonymous wrote:It's bad enough that tents are in all the public spaces downtown, but I was dismayed driving in this morning to see a tent in one of the little green public spaces off Mass Ave near the Cathedral.

I'm worried DC will into SF (and I mean the bad parts of SF). Why are city officials letting homeless people live in tents in all the public spaces? It's unsanitary and extremely unpleasant.



Idk why dems think ignoring problems of homeless and letting them spread problems into residential areas is somehow helping them. Its not.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 14:00     Subject: Homeless tents creeping into the nice/residential part of DC

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Leave the homeless alone. You all sound like the ghost of Marley but you haven't learned any lessons yet. Horrible people.

Give them someplace they can pitch their tents in peace.

How many tents are pitched on your block? Zero. Lol.


And I don't want any on my block, either. I'm the poster who thinks they should have a designated campground somewhere.

Sure. Like where?


I’m sure that the members of the unhoused advocacy groups will welcome them on their property.


You keep posting this crap like you're a sarcastic adolescent. Do you not see how mean and bitter and impotent you sound?


I’m serious, not sarcastic. Why don’t these folks organize to offer private space for the homeless? This way they would be helping them directly.
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 08:37     Subject: Homeless tents creeping into the nice/residential part of DC

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Leave the homeless alone. You all sound like the ghost of Marley but you haven't learned any lessons yet. Horrible people.

Give them someplace they can pitch their tents in peace.

How many tents are pitched on your block? Zero. Lol.


And I don't want any on my block, either. I'm the poster who thinks they should have a designated campground somewhere.

Sure. Like where?


I’m sure that the members of the unhoused advocacy groups will welcome them on their property.


You keep posting this crap like you're a sarcastic adolescent. Do you not see how mean and bitter and impotent you sound?
Anonymous
Post 07/16/2022 08:34     Subject: Homeless tents creeping into the nice/residential part of DC

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Leave the homeless alone. You all sound like the ghost of Marley but you haven't learned any lessons yet. Horrible people.

Give them someplace they can pitch their tents in peace.

How many tents are pitched on your block? Zero. Lol.


And I don't want any on my block, either. I'm the poster who thinks they should have a designated campground somewhere.

Sure. Like where?


I’m sure that the members of the unhoused advocacy groups will welcome them on their property.