Friction over urban camps


An encampment erected by homeless people in front of storefronts in downtown Portland, Oregon. — ©2023 The New York Times Company

GARBAGE and faeces run through the rivers in Missoula, Montana.

On the streets of San Francisco, tents are so thick that sidewalks in the Tenderloin neighbourhood have become “unofficial open-air public housing”. In Portland, Oregon, a blaze shut down an on-ramp for several days in March after campers tunnelled through a cinder block wall and lit a campfire to stay warm.

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