In the mid ‘90’s the cops wouldn’t even go into the homeless “enclaves” in Portland.
If any of us descend quickly we could be in those camps. We will be targeted after the Nov. 2024 election although we have far less money than Trump. What if canceled conservatives had their bank accounts frozen, their employment ended with a blacklist for future jobs and credit card accounts were canceled.
There but for fortune....
There was a newspaper cartoon by Charles Guindon of well dressed rich people getting out of limos to enter a fancy hotel for a party. Outside were homeless people huddled together.
“There go the homeless ruining our parties for us again.”
When I travel between Alaska and Arizona I use the Stoney Trail to bypass Calgary and the Devonian Way Bypass to skirt around Edmonton. If I have to RON in the Calgary area I do so in Airdrie. In the Edmonton area I do so in Stony Plain. I avoid large cities as much as I can.
We have a growing generation of sociopaths who think living in a “camp” and a criminal life is cool. The homeless faction of that large group is minimal.
They should be more than stigmatized. They should be unapologetically razed.
During the Great Depressions, such place were called “Hoovervilles”. These should be called “Bidenvilles”.