the land is being developed, and crime was getting out of control. and they only had to move three blocks to a different one, supplied by the city. to cite the very article you posted:

There were more than 100 emergency calls for drug use, sex acts, theft, vandalism and unresponsive people in and around the camp. A number of neighboring American Indian nonprofit organizations urged the city to close it.

it’s a little more nuanced than mean people kicking out poor defenseless citizens.

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I agree that the situation in the article is complicated and that these homeless people were not exactly saints.

My point above is that these homeless people living in tents in an empty lot in January are worse off than the homeless people in the article that OP references. Those homeless people live in cars in a protected lot which I think is a big improvement from tent life.

[–] mrchuckles@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago

tru. at least it’s been a pretty mild winter in mn so far, fingers crossed.