I took some daytime video of the Steel Bridge homeless camp today. I’ll share some stills from the video, then the video itself.
There’s garbage falling into Naito:
The storage unit has been placed. It has a Sharps dropbox on the side:
There’s a dumpster- and a lot of garbage next to it:
Here’s the video:
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And we all got upset because the people who pay to live next to this wanted to lock the gate to their back doors. Hmmmm.
This summer I think I’m going to pitch a tent in Waterfront Park. I’ll have some solar panels to run a stereo, a cooler, maybe an enclosure for my dog, and of course a bike garage. It’s OK by the city, so why not live where I’ll get the best view in town every time I step outside my tent?
Why stop at a tent, if the city is not going to enforce their codes in parks why not just build a house and homestead the parks?
I’m not sure I could live without broadband.
Or a toilet.
The river worked for 100 years.
For a toilet, that is… I’m not sure it would help with the broadband.