I spent the next 20 minutes reconnoitering three sides of the encampment. It drastically distinguished itself from other encampments I'd observed or traversed. First, it was obviously sanctioned by the city to some degree because it had definite organization with a mini town square, a dumpster, two portable toilets and sawhorses to delineate boundaries and parking. Most of the tents were pitched on pallets. There was no garbage or collections of useless, inexplicable shit. I didn't see the practice myself but I assumed residents were powering phones and other devices from outdoor outlets still hot and paid for by the city. Same with water. A few hundred feet away was a street ministry that advertised multiple services and some staffer or volunteer had hung bags of toiletries from a power pole.
Sweet Home(less) Part 3
Sweet Home(less) Part 3
Sweet Home(less) Part 3
I spent the next 20 minutes reconnoitering three sides of the encampment. It drastically distinguished itself from other encampments I'd observed or traversed. First, it was obviously sanctioned by the city to some degree because it had definite organization with a mini town square, a dumpster, two portable toilets and sawhorses to delineate boundaries and parking. Most of the tents were pitched on pallets. There was no garbage or collections of useless, inexplicable shit. I didn't see the practice myself but I assumed residents were powering phones and other devices from outdoor outlets still hot and paid for by the city. Same with water. A few hundred feet away was a street ministry that advertised multiple services and some staffer or volunteer had hung bags of toiletries from a power pole.