Because in the past when I’ve lived in places that have had this happen, the situation grows rapidly and the park near my house became unusable for the neighborhood. If I start to see this trending in that direction, I will absolutely be contacting the City Councilor as well as the police to prevent it from escalating. I’m not willing to have my neighborhood get turned into an encampment, and if you think i’m a bastard for that, I’m fine with that.

I work with a homeless shelter in town, they are aware of his location- I saw him up on their board the last time I was there. That means he’s been offered assistance and has declined it. That is often because of drug usage issues, even though this shelter doesn’t require you to be sober to use it.