So I was at Hannaford earlier and saw a free newspaper The Bridge. I decided to pick up a copy because, why not. I also noticed the front page was about the closing of a homeless encampment which, I feel like over the past few years there's been a lot of these stories.
Looking into The Bridge some more, I was able to find an rss feed for it (which I'll link this text with for ya'll if you want) and begun reading the story about the Encampment closure (City Moves to Clear County Club Road Encampment)
And I came across a quote that I really liked and so wanted to share:
“I don’t care if they are in the woods. If they are happy in the woods, leave them alone,” Parham said. She said some people’s needs are given more consideration than others, such as the need for a tent shelter versus the need for a place to play disc golf.
And this is one of those things that always comes to mind when I read these stories. I've not interacted with the homeless community basically at all, but I always thought if they're just camping somewhere like... idk just leave them? They have literally nothing else.
