DC tent cities stain the nation’s capital

[Ptarmigan]

DC tent cities stain the nation’s capital
https://nypost.com/2022/10/15/dc-tent-cities-stain-the-nations-capital/

The marble monuments of the nation’s capital have become neighbors to abject squalor — ever-expanding tent cities that are the most disgraceful examples of a trend bedeviling Democrat-led cities around the US.

In the past two years, homeless encampments have exploded in Washington D.C., as both the city and federal governments lifted enforcement measures during the COVID-19 pandemic — and made it a no-brainer for itinerants to lay down roots by providing for their every need.

A tour by The Post of the district’s major tourist areas this week found at least 35 vagrants in residence at a National Park Service site two blocks from the White House; more than 20 in the green spaces surrounding the State Department complex; and five across the street from the infamous Watergate Hotel.

Tent cities near the White House.

The number of those living rough in the district has grown sharply since President Biden’s inauguration, observed Daniel Kingery, who pitched his tent in historic McPherson Square over two years ago.

“Bleeding hearts have no brains, unfortunately,” Kingery said. “There’s so much [donated] food coming into this park, there’s not enough people to eat it. So they’ll give it to the birds or throw it away.”

[Drafe Hoblin]

Gotta laugh at DC-Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. (the sports-announcer in me would nickname her 'Homes', or 'Eleanor Plantation Norton')  Her lack of individuality has made her ridiculously irrelevant.  But that won't stop the dim-bulbs in her District from mindlessly electing her again.  Let's see if she learns any spanish.

[Eupher]

Well, they don't call it "The Swamp" for nothing.

I was last in D.C. in 2005 for a day. And I'll never be back.

[SVPete]

What gooberment subsidizes it gets more of.

[Old n Grumpy]

Maybe when the politicians have had enough maybe it will change.

[DefiantSix]

Maybe when the politicians have had enough maybe it will change.

That's just it, though: they will always be able to milk this issue for a little more power, and the problem will be just as unsolved then as it is now.

Gub'mint just has no business in the "charity" racket...

[Old n Grumpy]

They need to declare it a public health emergency like they did with Covid and clean up the mess.

[DefiantSix]

They need to declare it a public health emergency like they did with Covid and clean up the mess.

They will; just after the mass graves are dug or the Soylent Green plants are operational.