things i saw...

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huge homeless encampments.
Little tent cities, under bridges, parks, railway corridors.
they go for marginal spaces that are hard to police without 'owner dissension'.
i saw one camp had about 70 tents and structures, dont know where the ablutions were, probably none.
this, and doing laundry seem to be the most challenging aspects of homelessness.

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things might seem a bit bleak down here at times, but we are head and shoulders above the yanks for quality of life.

Thanks Magoo.   I've read some harrowing photo-essays in WaPo and other media, but it's always better to get some direct observations.