Homeless camp.

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[–][deleted] 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Is that a stove pipe near the front?

[–][deleted] 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Yep, there's a big metal pipe sticking out from it. I'm actually pretty curious about what it looks like inside.

[–]tiny-brown-mug 6 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 4 fun -  (8 children)

I have seen people building structures like this in my town. We have a growing homeless population in spite our fairly small size. It's kind of amazing. I think drugs are a part of it, and so are high rent rates.

[–]gibberishx 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Meth addicts don't mind living in a tarp tent.

I personally lived around and camped with meth addicts for three solid years.

This problem is not going to magically disappear on its own, but instead it is going to grow and blossom into a massive and nationwide slum.

Muslims will be our master's that own our gas stations and corner stores.

Indians will own our motels

We will become enslaved to our new master's, we will be as slaves in exchange for decent food and a place to sleep.

Alhamdullilah

[–]Zapped 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

Is it a county seat? They attract homeless due to the "free" resources. Also, if a city has done a lot to help the homeless, other cities will drop off the undesirables there.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

I'm not sure what county seat means. It's a vacant lot a few houses up from my place where they tore down a decrepit house.

[–]Zapped 2 insightful - 4 fun2 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

I was asking u/tiny-brown-mug. County seat is the town or city where the county government is located.

With an absentee land owner, if you want this lot cleared out, you'll probably have to get code enforcement involved.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Oh, gotcha. I personally don't mind it, I think it adds character.

[–]tiny-brown-mug 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It is. But it's still not a very big town, and taking into account the general vibe of my area, I'm assuming a lot of the homelessness is meth-related. You could be right, though, about folks migrating here from other parts of the county. It's the biggest town around, and people are more likely to find a place to camp, and find people to give them food, fuel, etc.

A lot of folks seem to be hand-building their own little structures out of debris, tarps, etc. It's kind of interesting. I mean, it's sad, but the resourcefulness and creativity of people who don't seem to have much of anything kind of amazes me. People come by and drop off bread, canned food, dog food if they have a dog, etc.

[–]Airbus320 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Little-pink-houses are gross

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You aren't going to milk me again are you mister?

[–]gibberishx 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

This is the beginnings of the new great slums.

Soon they will learn about cannibalism.

[–]SoCo 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Due to economic destruction caused by a long stream of terrible political decisions...this will quickly become very common and not just in urban cities.

[–]Tums_is_Smut_bkwrds 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

AKA the summer house at The Vineyard.

[–]In-the-clouds 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

A year later, what is the status of this homeless camp? You previously confirmed there is a metal pipe. I wonder if they have a little wood stove in there to cook and keep warm.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well once it got colder that year, I think the city made them vacate and then tore it down. It was kind of sad to see. I moved from the neighborhood so I'm not sure if anyone tried it again.