I have a Tent City out in the parking lot at work. In between 4 buildings, heavily used by 500+ undergraduate students on a daily basis.

What do you have?



Our new friends and visitors will be with us for the next three months and moved in over the weekend. I got to meet two of our neighbors when I walked out of my building yesterday to go home. One was a few cans short of a 12-pack, and was a bit overly excited to talk to me. The other was on a walk with his dog. Naturally, the dog was taking a sh#t in our walk-strip and the guy didn't bother to scoop-da-poop as us 206'ers with dogs love to do. Both didn't seem in any hurry to either be employed, or even bother to look for a job. Matter of fact, if I didn't know any better, I would say they were professional Tent City residents.

Our building doors are open 7:30 to 6:30. I'd better keep my doors locked, else, I bet computers and other valuables will just wander away.

I also love it when we find "strangers" rifling through our communal kitchens. Lunch time! Kinda not cool when someone eats YOUR lunch...

500 kids walking past this every day. Wonder if their parents know this is what they are paying for?

Oh, and we've been assured many times that none of this is costing you, the tax payers, any money! None. Like all the meetings our staff here have attended about this Tent City. All those state employees and all those hours in meetings. Or, the extra security and patrols by our enforcement agency - nope, not paid for by you. Certainly not the power and water that was provided.

Actually, Stam is paying for all of this. Thanks, Stam! I feel much better now.

At least the students here are super excited for their new guests! Even raised $900, fed them a hot meal over the weekend, and gave each member a backpack with a pancho, socks, gloves, and hand warmer.

I, on the other hand, may be a bit old and crotchety, and am not convinced our neighbors have us in their best interests. Still don't think that fine gentlemen scooped his dog poop.....at least I didn't contribute financially. I still sleep well at night.

Should be an entertaining next 3 months......

PS. I wonder how many of you are in that city right now? I'm betting at least 3 of you.

There's a leisure class at either end of the economic spectrum.

A fact I'm reminded of every time the steelhead are in .

there enough room for the rats down here?

The free Wi-Fi is just fine out here Paker - thank you and the students! You should come down and say hello. We are in the 3rd blue tent from the left entry way. The Spam is already on the fire and the 5 Roses is starting to flow. Bring cash and some clean spoons from your work kitchen please. Thanks...and see you soon!

Did they move from the church on NE 125th?

Ed Murray and his husband should be required to move in with then.
SF

Parker,
First the song lyrics and now this.
What's next.....Blurry moon pictures?
Are you OK man?

1)
You 206ers don't scoop poop.
Most of you stick your hand in a plastic bag (similar to the ones you outlawed at grocery stores) and fondle your dog's steaming piles before neatly tying the bag in a knot and carrying it for the remainder of your nature walk. I would have more respect for you if you did actually use a shovel.

2)
It's good for all those career students to see the type of housing their diplomas will get them once they enter the real world. Reality check 101.

3)
At least now when you stare out the window during the summer, drooling at some 20 year old wearing next to nothing as she roller blades down the sidewalk, you can claim you were staring over the fence at the less fortunate.

4)
Make them all mods.

And to think that liberal toilet bowl carries the vote in this state.

the fvcks down here that got "evicted" from the banks of the Puyallup, in Puyallup, have moved to the banks of the Puyallup, and transient centers in Sumner...

ive had issues with 2 of them for the last couple months, dont really feel safe anymore....

Oops. Sorry about that. I guess my "working white male privilege" got the best of me again. I should have known better; I am sorry and I am guilty as charged for not knowing what the Bums drink. To rectify against my privilege, I will drink (5) Starbucks and take (3) Whole Foods pilgrimages this very week.

This thread has potential.

Bucks,Does,Yotes, Spruce tree's,Bears...no camps yet.

Your Mayor needs to be bitch slapped.....she'd probably enjoy it. UMFB.

They make for great hand warmers in the winter....don't ask how I know this. lol

Up here they don't make tent cities...they just move into a foreclosed house until they get evicted.

The Skagit River is my backyard, and the only legal access to my beach is from the river. They wouldn't last long there, 'cause first time the river came up it'd wash them and all their crap right down the river.

It's also not illegal to shoot here, so if they hung around they'd be putting up with my shooting clay pigeons (over their heads) from off the back porch.

Right now, I couldn't imagine a more miserable existence then trying to camp out up here. It's freakin' cold, wet and snowy, and there's nothing on that beach that will burn. Doubt they'd survive more than a couple days.

Or take Frank with you.......human spermicide

Tent City, I love it. Seattle is great

Snow, 7 chickens, and the occasional moose.

Kind of a quiet backyard this time of year. I like it that way.

That's a nice pad you have M, perfect for shooting clays. Let me know when, I'll bring the clays/shells. How is the Mrs doing?

Unbelievable. What keeps you there, Parker?

Everybody has to live somewhere. You need to fix a special lunch to leave in the fridge.

The morning sunrise coming up over Mt. Rainier, a mixed conifer and deciduous forest, the fenced and landscaped section immediately behind the house, and of course, the near ever-present rodent blacktail deer looking to get in my yard.

Nice place ya' got for a tent city there Paker. Clearly, the more that Seattle enables homelessness, the more homeless the Emerald City will attract. I do feel bad for the truly down and out, but I never give a dime to panhandlers. I prefer to give to the Salvation Army and Bread and Roses, places that have rules: no drugs; no drunks. My money, my rules, I feel better with that.

Your tent city is too accommodating.

You would think a workin girl could make a living in that there tent city.