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People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Dude ()
Date: January 19, 2009 04:37PM

There are people living in tents, on Sunset Hills Rd, right acress from CHipotle/Chick Fil A, in the woods that border Toll Road.

Saw one green tent there today.

WtF is Up with that?!!

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Junes ()
Date: January 19, 2009 04:42PM

Illegals - they probably got kicked out of their boarding houses because they couldn't pay the rent. At least this time, they set up camp near a restaurant where they can get handouts from the restaurant at the end fo the day.

The last time they ran them out of the woods, it took two big trucks to haul off their trash. It's amazing how much trash they can accumulate in such a short time.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Mr. Chows ()
Date: January 19, 2009 04:44PM

They like to shop at Target or, possibly, are here camping out for the inaugural events?

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Junes ()
Date: January 19, 2009 04:54PM

Mr. Chows Wrote:
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> They like to shop at Target

More likely shop lifting.


or, possibly, are here
> camping out for the inaugural events?


Highly unlikely anyone who traveled to the area to be part of the Inaugural events will be living in a tent city in Reston. But, stranger things have happened.

Solve the mystery - call Chipolte or Chick Fil A and ask what gives with the Tent City in their back yards.

Chipolte - 703.435.0888
Chick Fil-A - 571 203-1234

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Mikey ()
Date: January 19, 2009 04:56PM

The cops know about em being there..I saw a plainclothes cop in a gray
chevy taking pictures of the tramps.

Good God man, are there no work houses, no debtor prisons?

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: HooLeo ()
Date: January 19, 2009 04:57PM

The Reston sewers are no longer safe.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Junes ()
Date: January 19, 2009 05:06PM

HooLeo Wrote:
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> The Reston sewers are no longer safe.


And the stores and office buildings are patrolling the parking garages.

And to think all they have to do is turn themselves into ICE and they can get a warm cell while waiting for a flight out of the country. In a week or so, they can be back home with their loved ones, enjoying the warm Latin American sun.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Grizzled ()
Date: January 19, 2009 05:44PM

As long as the property owner doesn't mind/care/give a crap, it's not illegal.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Date: January 19, 2009 05:49PM

Grizzled Wrote:
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> As long as the property owner doesn't
> mind/care/give a crap, it's not illegal.


That is bullshit. If you are in a developed area and the lot isn't zoned to be a residence, it is illegal.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Junes ()
Date: January 19, 2009 05:59PM

Does anyone know how to get in touch with Vince? After all his posts, I just know he will want to open his home to them.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: bus driver ()
Date: January 19, 2009 07:10PM

I lived in the woods from age 14 to (almost) age 18. Not in Reston, but off Route 1 near Belvoir. This was the late '70s before there were many illegals. Mostly winos back then.

Anyway, it's no fun and I hope you good people never experience it. Hell, I hope I never have to experience it again, but with this economy you never know.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: va ()
Date: January 19, 2009 07:27PM

there is a huge tent "village" in the woods by fair oaks mall. if you are driving west on rt 50 and crossing over 66, they are in the woods by the ramps.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: jimW ()
Date: January 19, 2009 08:03PM

don't forget the tents inside the SE cloverleaf ramp of 66 & 7100.

...then there's what most people call "western centreville"

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: 496 ()
Date: January 19, 2009 08:35PM

Theres always a few acrossfrom Reston Library which is weird considering the homeless shelter is right next door.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Shawn ()
Date: January 19, 2009 08:58PM

Don't forget the police station across the street.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Christine ()
Date: January 19, 2009 09:52PM

There used to be a some guys that lived in the woods by the storage facility on Waples Mill Road. Apparently the storage place let him live there, but he got run out when that land got sold to build a hotel.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: dave ()
Date: January 19, 2009 10:04PM

those tents are showing us what life will be like in the obama husein economy

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: false ()
Date: January 19, 2009 10:11PM

false dave

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Bob ()
Date: January 19, 2009 10:13PM

dave Wrote:
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> those tents are showing us what life will be like
> in the obama husein economy


That has to be one of the stupidest things anyone has ever said.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: point the finger ()
Date: January 19, 2009 10:20PM

dave Wrote:
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> those tents are showing us what life will be like
> in the obama husein economy


Thanks for reminding me that it was obama who launched us into the ruinous quagmire of Iraq and whose administration oversaw the rampant corruption of Enron, $4 gas, the explosion of the stock market, the disintegration of the housing market, mass illegal immigration, the evaporation of our 401ks, the destruction of our constitutional protections and more. Quite an achievement for just 8 years!

If only we'd had the GOP and a compassionate conservative running the country for the last 8 years - we'd all be living in security and prosperity!

Oh wait....

If life's like that for any of us under Obama - it's because the GOP have lied, stolen and destroyed 50% of the country's wealth and severely damaged our economy and the individual futures of many of our citizens for years to come

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Ura Dumphuk ()
Date: January 19, 2009 10:26PM

> Thanks for reminding me that it was obama who
> launched us into the ruinous quagmire of Iraq and
> whose administration oversaw the rampant
> corruption of Enron, $4 gas, the explosion of the
> stock market, the disintegration of the housing
> market, mass illegal immigration, the evaporation
> of our 401ks, the destruction of our
> constitutional protections and more. Quite an
> achievement for just 8 years!
>
> If only we'd had the GOP and a compassionate
> conservative running the country for the last 8
> years - we'd all be living in security and
> prosperity!
>
> Oh wait....
>
> If life's like that for any of us under Obama -
> it's because the GOP have lied, stolen and
> destroyed 50% of the country's wealth and severely
> damaged our economy and the individual futures of
> many of our citizens for years to come

Oh yes, Obama ran on a "too smart for Iraq" platform but has a VP and Sec of State who beat the same wardrum. It's going to be sad to watch Obama do the same Bush things while trying to blame the GOPfor shit that went on with a Dem controlled Congress.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: point the finger ()
Date: January 19, 2009 11:23PM

Ura Dumphuk Wrote:
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>
> Oh yes, Obama ran on a "too smart for Iraq"
> platform but has a VP and Sec of State who beat
> the same wardrum. It's going to be sad to watch
> Obama do the same Bush things while trying to
> blame the GOPfor shit that went on with a Dem
> controlled Congress.


Mmmm... yup - sorry I forgot, it must have been the dems in control when enron went to jail, we pulled most of socom out of Afghanistan to attack Iraq, the economy started to belly up, we deregulated everything and we threw away habeas corpus

Yup - alternative reality

Great strategy - screw everything then blame the next guy - nearly as good as campaigning in 'drill baby drill' or picking a future VP who had no clue about anything and couldn't even stand up to laughably kid-glove treatment from Katie Couric (although my favorite was her being interviewed in front of the turkey killing) and then whinges about it ad nauseum

You'd have to laugh if it wasn't serious

The GOP is screwed unless it sorts itself out

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Obama's coming! ()
Date: January 19, 2009 11:35PM

Don't worry about the homeless, Obama's going to take care of everything. We will all get our bills paid. Housing, cars, and food are RIGHTS. Obama knows that and will make sure we will get what we want.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: ian ()
Date: January 20, 2009 12:07AM

there's also a lot of people in tents in the woods at the intersection of Arlington Blvd and Pickett Rd. There is also this really cool 50s-60s car just sitting in the woods.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: RESton Peace ()
Date: January 20, 2009 01:38AM

The state ABC department should open a store at each of those locations.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Junes ()
Date: January 20, 2009 06:40AM

SHHHH! If Bulova gets wind of this she'll dip into what's left of the "rainy day fund" and buy them all houses that are sitting on the foreclosed list - at pre foreclosure market value of course.

Then, when the next School Board and Supervisor elections are held, she will have all those votes in her pocket if Hangar's Bill is passed in the General Assembly.

Senator Emmett Hangar (R-Augusta) drafted a Bill to be voted on in the General Assembly allowing anyone living in VA to vote in non-Federal elections - regardless of legal status - if they can prove residency (lease or mortgage, utility bill, driver's license, etal).

They also have to be on someone's payroll with taxes withheld - it doesn't matter that they are using someone else's social security number.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Frank ()
Date: January 20, 2009 11:16AM

Dude Wrote:
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> There are people living in tents, on Sunset Hills
> Rd, right acress from CHipotle/Chick Fil A, in the
> woods that border Toll Road.
>
> Saw one green tent there today.
>
> WtF is Up with that?!!

Completely unreasonable! Make them live in overpriced wood and sheetrock boxes like the rest of us!

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Sammy Septictank ()
Date: January 20, 2009 11:17AM

Completely unreasonable! Make them live in overpriced wood and sheetrock boxes like the rest of us!

+1

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Les ()
Date: December 29, 2010 01:15PM

There are three clusters in tentville now. There's one big green tent and two clusters of pup tents.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: ProVallone ()
Date: December 29, 2010 01:29PM

where do they poop?

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: whutt ()
Date: December 29, 2010 01:31PM

Les Wrote:
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> There are three clusters in tentville now.
> There's one big green tent and two clusters of pup
> tents.


niggas got wifi!

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: 496 ()
Date: December 29, 2010 03:07PM

They'll need to be regulated by an HOA soon.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Restoner1 ()
Date: December 29, 2010 04:29PM

They also live in the woods across from the Embrey Rucker shelter, its mostly Men on nights that there are no open beds left at the shelter.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Yikes ()
Date: December 29, 2010 04:34PM

Nothing makes your home value go down faster then tent cities with drug addicts and bums. Nice!

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Hatemotor ()
Date: December 29, 2010 05:23PM

History has a tendency to repeat itself,,,,

Living in the D.C. area you may not have felt the true impact of this economic disaster,,,but it's very real throughout the rest of the country

And,BOTH parties are to blame
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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Clobbersaurus ()
Date: December 29, 2010 05:28PM

Restoner1 Wrote:
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> They also live in the woods across from the Embrey
> Rucker shelter, its mostly Men on nights that
> there are no open beds left at the shelter.


Besides the Targetville hobo camp, they're in the woods behind the library and the woods on the county property all along Cameron Glenn.

Which is funny because it's within window view of the Supervisor's office.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Les ()
Date: December 29, 2010 06:10PM

We had somebody try to squat on our vacant property in Herndon. I was able to get him to move on after about two weeks.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: strates ()
Date: December 29, 2010 06:36PM

I've noticed at least one tent in the woods near the on-ramp from Backlick to 7100, too. Been there for more then a month now, must be pretty cold. It's clearly visible from the road, so I guess it must be ok to squat on public land now.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Who can you call about the bums? ()
Date: December 29, 2010 08:50PM

Is this legal? I mean no one can make you sleep in a shelter. I never thought I would see homeless people in Nothern Va. Sad.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: wow ()
Date: December 29, 2010 10:47PM

Wow... you guys are a fucked up bunch...

How do you know they get high, do drugs, shit everywhere? how do you know they are bums.?

Yea, the one behind the library )as i know for a fact) are homeless people down on their luck .. They are actually law abiding bunch back there...

How should I know? cause i was there one time. Some of the so called shelters for the homeless dont let people in because:

the number one bullshit excuse is "oh, we are sorry, we have no more room"
I actually was given this one: "oh we are sorry, you must have a Virgnia State I.D."
"you must be a resident"

"well Miss, I work and pay taxes in fairfax, i just dont have an address for them to send it to.


Im almost done my constitutional law studies and will be running for office very soon. Im 'gonna run circles around these fat fake legislative fuckers... It's too bad I wont find solace if these law makers became homeless...

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: removed ()
Date: February 08, 2013 05:05PM

they where removed

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: HMCKe ()
Date: February 09, 2013 12:17PM

Junes Wrote:
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> Does anyone know how to get in touch with Vince?
> After all his posts, I just know he will want to
> open his home to them.

Who owns that land and what's the zoning on it?

One would think that the commie-pinko "supervisor" for that area would give a shit about these people, but she's more interested in building her own Taj Mahal:

http://reston.patch.com/articles/community-gets-a-look-at-new-police-station-design

Pretty fugly one at that.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: pictures or it didn't happen ()
Date: February 09, 2013 12:19PM

Pictures or it didn't happen!

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: H6TNm ()
Date: February 09, 2013 12:19PM

wow Wrote:
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> Wow... you guys are a fucked up bunch...
>
> How do you know they get high, do drugs, shit
> everywhere? how do you know they are bums.?
>
> Yea, the one behind the library )as i know for a
> fact) are homeless people down on their luck ..
> They are actually law abiding bunch back there...
>
>
> How should I know? cause i was there one time.
> Some of the so called shelters for the homeless
> dont let people in because:
>
> the number one bullshit excuse is "oh, we are
> sorry, we have no more room"
> I actually was given this one: "oh we are sorry,
> you must have a Virgnia State I.D."
> "you must be a resident"
>
> "well Miss, I work and pay taxes in fairfax, i
> just dont have an address for them to send it to.
>
>
> Im almost done my constitutional law studies and
> will be running for office very soon. Im 'gonna
> run circles around these fat fake legislative
> fuckers... It's too bad I wont find solace if
> these law makers became homeless...

HTF can ya be a resident if ya be homeless???

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: PVccU ()
Date: February 09, 2013 12:21PM

Les Wrote:
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> We had somebody try to squat on our vacant
> property in Herndon. I was able to get him to
> move on after about two weeks.


How you do dat?

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: PmCLE ()
Date: February 09, 2013 12:25PM

Obama's coming! Wrote:
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> Don't worry about the homeless, Obama's going to
> take care of everything. We will all get our
> bills paid. Housing, cars, and food are RIGHTS.
> Obama knows that and will make sure we will get
> what we want.

Ya forgot yer cell phone --- oops, make that a smart phone! 2000 txt messages a month -- FREE for the asking!

Yer RIGHT about my RIGHTS!

Niggas got rights ya know!

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: kardiac ()
Date: February 09, 2013 12:32PM

I always thought the middle of the cloverleaf exchanges would be a safe spot to camp out. The 495/66 one was especially dense. No more!Where's a guy to go when he just needs to get away?

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: FH Fuhrer ()
Date: February 09, 2013 12:45PM

They move when it gets too cold. They were there several weeks ago. The homeless shelter is nearby.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: katiesmith ()
Date: February 09, 2013 07:57PM

I completely agree with you about both parties are too blame, although I would also say that many people are also to blame and not just the politicians. But having so many corrupt politicians doesn't help.

Hatemotor Wrote:
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> History has a tendency to repeat itself,,,,
>
> Living in the D.C. area you may not have felt the
> true impact of this economic disaster,,,but it's
> very real throughout the rest of the country
>
> And,BOTH parties are to blame

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: katiesmith ()
Date: February 09, 2013 07:59PM

Yes, I think the tents should be renamed Obamaville's.


Obama's coming! Wrote:
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> Don't worry about the homeless, Obama's going to
> take care of everything. We will all get our
> bills paid. Housing, cars, and food are RIGHTS.
> Obama knows that and will make sure we will get
> what we want.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: notstuck ()
Date: February 10, 2013 07:16AM

I would at least try to get an RV trailer if i had to be homeless right now. One with a little kitchen and bathroom if i can. Rent a uhaul when needed to move it! Or at least get one of those cargo vans and sleep in the back...forget a tent!

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: wnrsm ()
Date: February 10, 2013 08:42AM

notstuck Wrote:
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> I would at least try to get an RV trailer if i had
> to be homeless right now. One with a little
> kitchen and bathroom if i can. Rent a uhaul when
> needed to move it! Or at least get one of those
> cargo vans and sleep in the back...forget a tent!

You'd have to be constantly mobile and would need a power source for that to be practical. I don't think you can get away with leaving an RV trailer in one spot for very long before you'd get hassled... at least around here.

Get a small RV or a truck with a camping trailer.

Hey FFU! Where would be some good spots within the county to park if you were living in an RV or trailer? I have some ideas:

-WalMart Parking Lot (unwritten rule is that they allow overnighters, but don't live there)

-Industrial parks out in Manassas?

-W&OD Trail parking lots?

-In the middle of Chain Bridge?

I wonder if they have problems with people living in their RV in the storage lots.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: killer joe ()
Date: February 10, 2013 09:52AM

Walmart will let truckers spend the night, I know this for a fact. you could get away with it for a few days, then move to the next walmart. fuck living in a tent.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Fialleaux1 ()
Date: February 10, 2013 12:22PM

Looks like Reston will have to set up some homeowners associations for the tents so that they can charge homeowners associations fees for the weekly cleanups, trash pickups, firewood/hunting permits (woods should be full of squirrels), etc.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: OldReston ()
Date: August 14, 2013 03:25PM

No they weren't removed. As of this posting they are still there and there are now MORE tents in the woods off Sunset Hills.

You racists are funny. I've gone back there and can tell you they are not illegal Hispanics. It's mostly white people. Pretty cool people at that.

They aren't bothering anyone and the cops have no interest in moving them.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Hobo jack ()
Date: August 14, 2013 03:51PM

Everyone in Reston lives in the woods

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: XXX ()
Date: August 14, 2013 03:57PM

So don't go in the woods. Mind your business. That's all.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: ex-Lester ()
Date: August 14, 2013 04:02PM

There's a lot of changeover due to them being periodically run off by the police. There've been almost all Hispancs when I've encounted excampments. There's also another one down the street next to the Sunrise Assisted Living.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Two Cents ()
Date: August 14, 2013 04:04PM

OldReston Wrote:
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> No they weren't removed. As of this posting they
> are still there and there are now MORE tents in
> the woods off Sunset Hills.
>
> You racists are funny. I've gone back there and
> can tell you they are not illegal Hispanics. It's
> mostly white people. Pretty cool people at that.
>
> They aren't bothering anyone and the cops have no
> interest in moving them.

Who exactly are these people and why are they there?

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Bofunk ()
Date: August 14, 2013 04:23PM

There are hundreds of people who live in Fairfax County, year-round, and relatively off the grid.

Some live in little settlements (tent cities, homeless camps, etc.). A good many of them have "issues", and need to live more alone.

I had one client who lived near Vienna metro station, right off an entrance ramp to 66, and he had over a thousand square feet of covered living area: a kitchen, a sleeping area, a reading area, all under tarps and ropes. THe DOC came one day and told him he had a few days to leave. He wanted me to fight the "eviction", but I told him it was no use. So, he just moved to another location.

I had another client who lived near the Rt.50/Rt. 66 interchange, and he lived in a shelter made of lumber and sheetrock. It was a solid little one-room house, with a little porch. I think it is still there now.

These people usually live that way by choice, to avoid any government assistance/interference with their lives.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Two Cents ()
Date: August 14, 2013 04:25PM

I was curious to see if these were classic homeless people, or people had recently lost their jobs and houses over the past 2-3 years during the Economic disaster.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Just Sayin ()
Date: August 14, 2013 05:01PM

Did anyone consider that some of these people might have been a former neighbor. Just because they live in the woods and struggle to feed themselves does not equate to drunken/drugged deranged people. Yes there are some, but there are also families and kids without families living in the woods. Next time take them a meal or just lend an ear. Who knows you coud be next.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: ><<><><<>< ()
Date: August 14, 2013 07:06PM

Just Sayin Wrote:
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> Did anyone consider that some of these people
> might have been a former neighbor. Just because
> they live in the woods and struggle to feed
> themselves does not equate to drunken/drugged
> deranged people. Yes there are some, but there are
> also families and kids without families living in
> the woods. Next time take them a meal or just lend
> an ear. Who knows you coud be next.

Are they the ones robbing people on the paths? For some I don't think so.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Pics???? ()
Date: August 15, 2013 05:13AM

Does anyone have pics of this tent city?

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Concerned Parents in Reston ()
Date: August 15, 2013 02:27PM

I just don't believe this story of people living in tents in Reston. Does anyone have any pics to back this up?

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: indoor resident ()
Date: August 15, 2013 03:30PM

I've never seen people living in the woods on RA land.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: OldReston ()
Date: August 26, 2013 02:56PM

RA doesn't have a say to property maintained by the city/state. Furthermore, these people are not bothering anyone. They are minding their business.

@indoor resident They are in the woods near Chik-fila, Potbelly, Chipotle and Target. If you're not paying attention you can easily drive by and never see them. The tents blend in with the trees.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Herndon ()
Date: August 26, 2013 03:25PM

OldReston Wrote:
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> RA doesn't have a say to property maintained by
> the city/state. Furthermore, these people are not
> bothering anyone. They are minding their business.
>
>
> @indoor resident They are in the woods near
> Chik-fila, Potbelly, Chipotle and Target. If
> you're not paying attention you can easily drive
> by and never see them. The tents blend in with the
> trees.

That's Herndon, not Reston. The Herndon police are constantly clearly them out also. I believe the land is Herndon parkland.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Herndon ()
Date: August 26, 2013 03:34PM

The dotted line is a Herndon boundry line.
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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: some guy ()
Date: August 26, 2013 03:42PM

The tents visible from the road are past the Target plaza going from Herndon to Reston, just past the Sunoco station - edge of the posted map. The strip of woods backs to the toll road.

The cops seem to clear out the tents when the trash becomes prominent.

The other spot is across from the Reston library, behind the police station.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: svennestle ()
Date: August 26, 2013 03:45PM

yea that doesn't exactly meed IBC (international building code) for legal housing

i think they SPENT all the f'ing money to take care of such problems (leaving out how one would do so) making all the fricking gov standards and making 3 car garages for anybody writing standards. thieves

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Retort ()
Date: August 26, 2013 07:16PM

svennestle Wrote:
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> yea that doesn't exactly meed IBC (international
> building code) for legal housing
>
> i think they SPENT all the f'ing money to take
> care of such problems (leaving out how one would
> do so) making all the fricking gov standards and
> making 3 car garages for anybody writing
> standards. thieves

You're so goddamn stupid sven, go back to your own country and bother them.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Alabama Git Away, Yeee! ()
Date: August 26, 2013 08:50PM

Hey,

We crept up there and seen a gypsy woman in a green tent. she was tellin fortunes for a dollar. Theres a bunch of men lined up otside the tent to get there fortunes told. We aint going to but yall micht want to get it since so many say its good.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: smoke em if you got em ()
Date: August 26, 2013 08:59PM

Alabama Git Away, Yeee! Wrote:
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> Hey,
>
> We crept up there and seen a gypsy woman in a
> green tent. she was tellin fortunes for a dollar.
> Theres a bunch of men lined up otside the tent to
> get there fortunes told. We aint going to but yall
> micht want to get it since so many say its good.


Sissy, go in with a half gallon of brown booze and get your fortune told by the Gypsy. Roll the dice. That could be kinda fun.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Fukin Gypsees ()
Date: August 26, 2013 09:36PM

Damn Gypsees!
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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Fukin Gyp Sees ()
Date: August 26, 2013 09:40PM

Freaks!
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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Poo Noni ()
Date: August 26, 2013 09:42PM

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Lori082913 ()
Date: August 29, 2013 01:26PM

I've seen several tents, but I've never passed it and actually saw people. Could be they even have jobs during the day and just can't afford housing. That IS possible if you're working for minimum wage. Just leave them be. They aren't hurting anybody...just trying to survive.

I'm sure the police are well aware of them and, as long as they aren't causing trouble, then the police probably have more important things to worry about.

These posts are starting to get raunchy. Have a little respect. What did they ever do to you?

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Restononite ()
Date: August 29, 2013 01:31PM

Most of the time they're inconspicuous.


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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: You new to reston or what? ()
Date: August 29, 2013 03:14PM

Homeless people have been living in those tents in that area way before this thread started in 09. Are all you new here or something? Its a large fat white guy I usually see there when winter comes and you can drive past it and see better. I have seen a few others there as well. Does someone living there really botter yall like that? Yall care to much about things that do not consern you.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Restononite ()
Date: August 29, 2013 03:25PM

The local paper even profiled one of our proud homeless residents who was camped across from the Herndon Monroe Park-and-Ride. He had a job, caught the bus to work as a handyman, and used gas burners to cook.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Bigfoot ()
Date: September 04, 2013 11:20AM

They were still there as of last weekend. There are two or three camo tents, green ones and some tarp shelters. They have plastic grocery bags hanging from the trees and stuff, it's pretty gross looking. I can get some pics this week, it's less than a mile from my house.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Helpful ()
Date: September 04, 2013 11:29AM

Bigfoot Wrote:
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> They were still there as of last weekend. There
> are two or three camo tents, green ones and some
> tarp shelters. They have plastic grocery bags
> hanging from the trees and stuff, it's pretty
> gross looking. I can get some pics this week, it's
> less than a mile from my house.

Thanks, would you mind doing that and posting them here? Just don't get yourself hurt in the process. I'm very curious about this and have tried spotting it when I've gone by there from the highway. I didn't see anything but you mentioned there are camo tents, and that's probably why they're difficult to see.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Bigfoot ()
Date: September 04, 2013 02:39PM

6'6" 230 lbs, don't think I'll get hurt, but I'll be careful. I can put them up tonight if I remember to do it on the way home from work. I think there's a wall on the far side of the camp hiding it from 267, so it could only be seen from Sunset Hills.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Helpful ()
Date: September 04, 2013 02:42PM

Who makes up the residents in the camp? Former military, Survivors from the last Economic tailspin, or regular homeless people?

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Little Squatch ()
Date: September 04, 2013 03:13PM

Bigfoot Wrote:
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> They were still there as of last weekend. There
> are two or three camo tents, green ones and some
> tarp shelters. They have plastic grocery bags
> hanging from the trees and stuff, it's pretty
> gross looking. I can get some pics this week, it's
> less than a mile from my house.


They put the black trash bags out at the curb for pickup.

I looked into the woods to see if I could see some people.

No sooner could see some black ones, short brown ones, all crazy ones.

Out of the middle, I could spot a green eyed lady.

She walked up to me and whispered in my ear something crazy.

She said.......

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Hazardous ()
Date: September 08, 2013 09:54AM

Restononite Wrote:
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> The local paper even profiled one of our proud
> homeless residents who was camped across from the
> Herndon Monroe Park-and-Ride. He had a job,
> caught the bus to work as a handyman, and used gas
> burners to cook.

Um, anyone else concerned about the risk of fires reading this?

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: svennestle ()
Date: September 08, 2013 02:48PM

"Illegals - they probably got kicked out of their boarding houses"

don't say "we". i'm not in we i'm suing because their is no "we" around here.

it isn't "their" boarding house i need housing and am a denizen have not only gotten $0 in aid but falsely billed by illegals in fx co gov.

they are "vacationers" who over-stayed their vacation if they're poor.

you can't just walk into a town and begin calling everything yours. it is not "theirs". and i don't owe them aid anymore than mexico is sending me aid. and if crying about it paid bills: then why isn't mexico sending me any aid? they are great at claiming we are not fair. but total biggots and facists when they get in power, is my mileage, dealing with illegals. you can't. rather: they can. so send them COD to obama he ordered for them.

they can go back on a bus. and solve whatever problems in their town just like i have to deal with problems in mine: i don't owe to fix their country i didn't break it: their polititians did and they should say and demand their gov change.

they are marauders if they are illegally in your gov spending money, if.

go to mexico see if they hand you a nice county job with lots of pay: my bet is no.

but if i'm wrong: see ya i'm going ! legally though, invited.

really i don't blame them. fx co is harvesting them for democrat votes is what i say is the story

if i went to australia they'd send me home after vacation was over. but that's a laugh because i can't afford a vacation

on the other hand if any are denized or (cough, residents) then it is an atrocity. that i'd like to know.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Violent Pee ()
Date: September 09, 2013 08:30PM

I went down there to the Sugarland Run and snuck up on them. There just sittin round a fire talking about how they wish they could know how magnets work, and things that we all ponder. Then they told a ghost story about a man with a hatchet and eating turkey legs. I farted and they all yelled a whoop whoop, so I left there quick.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: The Line Starts Here----> ()
Date: September 10, 2013 08:10PM

I went by there today and learned they are a group of despondent Redskin fans that foolishly squandered their life savings betting on their team. So sad, so very, very sad.
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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Bigfoot ()
Date: September 11, 2013 06:28PM

Work got busy at the end of last week. I drove by there on the way home from work tonight and took some pics but all that showed up was the bags hanging in the trees. I'll walk my dog over there sometime this week and get better pics.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: What Tomorrow will look like... ()
Date: September 11, 2013 08:10PM

Bigfoot Wrote:
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> Work got busy at the end of last week. I drove by
> there on the way home from work tonight and took
> some pics but all that showed up was the bags
> hanging in the trees. I'll walk my dog over there
> sometime this week and get better pics.
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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Obit? ()
Date: September 13, 2013 04:55PM

Bigfoot Wrote:
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> Work got busy at the end of last week. I drove by
> there on the way home from work tonight and took
> some pics but all that showed up was the bags
> hanging in the trees. I'll walk my dog over there
> sometime this week and get better pics.

I'm guessing this didn't end well.

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: John Fringer ()
Date: March 16, 2014 02:14PM

There's a big tent-and-trash complex behind the Cameron Glen Health & Rehab Center at 1800 Cameron Glen Dr. The GPS coordinates of the location are:
N 38deg 57.828
W 77deg 21.437

Here is the location on Google Maps: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=38+57.828+-+77+21.437&hl=en&ll=38.963872,-77.357284&spn=0.00355,0.004823&sll=38.003385,-79.420925&sspn=7.364501,9.876709&t=h&z=18. (Behind the Cameron Glen Health & Rehab Center at 1800 Cameron Glen Dr., Reston, VA 20190.) It's also near the rear of Sunrise Assisted Living, 1778 Fountain Drive, Reston, VA.

It's gotten much more trashy as of yesterday (3/15/14), and at least 2 tents are erected, but when I was walking by there on Friday (3/7/14) night at about 9:30pm, I saw a light in the tent, so I know people are “setting up shop”. I've written and called Cathy Hudgins's office (the county supervisor), but I assume from their non-response that they condone such tent-dwelling and trashing up the woods, and they could care less about people like my wife and I, who don’t like to drive our cars on the weekend, but who like taking walks away from the roads and traffic. When my wife’s mother (who has Alzheimer’s) was staying in the Cameron Glen facility, she and others were afraid to take their relatives by this point in the path for fear of encountering the tent-dwellers, who stay there at all hours of the day and night. And a person would have to be very brave to turn left at the path by the tents. Last summer, my wife and I walked by there several times at about 11 pm after a movie, and we could easily hear people talking in the tents. One time, when I was using my flashlight, a man came out of the tent and started talking to us after we passed. It really scared my wife, and we hurried away for fear that he would run after us. We’ve also seen people urinating out in the open near this spot. The sewage that's generated from those people living there must be very unsanitary.

This tent and trash seem to be an advertisement: “If you want to live in and trash up the woods, come to Reston, VA. The local government doesn’t prohibit it; they condone it! Come to Reston and set up your tents!!”

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: adsfasdfadsfafdasdf ()
Date: March 16, 2014 02:23PM

John Fringer Wrote:
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> There's a big tent-and-trash complex behind the
> Cameron Glen Health & Rehab Center at 1800 Cameron
> Glen Dr. The GPS coordinates of the location
> are:
> N 38deg 57.828
> W 77deg 21.437
>
> Here is the location on Google Maps:
> https://maps.google.com/maps?q=38+57.828+-+77+21.4
> 37&hl=en&ll=38.963872,-77.357284&spn=0.00355,0.004
> 823&sll=38.003385,-79.420925&sspn=7.364501,9.87670
> 9&t=h&z=18. (Behind the Cameron Glen Health &
> Rehab Center at 1800 Cameron Glen Dr., Reston, VA
> 20190.) It's also near the rear of Sunrise
> Assisted Living, 1778 Fountain Drive, Reston, VA.
>
> It's gotten much more trashy as of yesterday
> (3/15/14), and at least 2 tents are erected, but
> when I was walking by there on Friday (3/7/14)
> night at about 9:30pm, I saw a light in the tent,
> so I know people are “setting up shop”. I've
> written and called Cathy Hudgins's office (the
> county supervisor), but I assume from their
> non-response that they condone such tent-dwelling
> and trashing up the woods, and they could care
> less about people like my wife and I, who don’t
> like to drive our cars on the weekend, but who
> like taking walks away from the roads and traffic.
> When my wife’s mother (who has Alzheimer’s)
> was staying in the Cameron Glen facility, she and
> others were afraid to take their relatives by this
> point in the path for fear of encountering the
> tent-dwellers, who stay there at all hours of the
> day and night. And a person would have to be very
> brave to turn left at the path by the tents. Last
> summer, my wife and I walked by there several
> times at about 11 pm after a movie, and we could
> easily hear people talking in the tents. One
> time, when I was using my flashlight, a man came
> out of the tent and started talking to us after we
> passed. It really scared my wife, and we hurried
> away for fear that he would run after us. We’ve
> also seen people urinating out in the open near
> this spot. The sewage that's generated from those
> people living there must be very unsanitary.
>
> This tent and trash seem to be an advertisement:
> “If you want to live in and trash up the woods,
> come to Reston, VA. The local government
> doesn’t prohibit it; they condone it! Come to
> Reston and set up your tents!!”

John, no one asked you. Why don't you take your whore wife back to Pleasantville and have a cup of "SHUT THE FUCK OFF!"

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: g-cat ()
Date: March 16, 2014 02:50PM

Hey "adsfasdfadsfafdasdf", why don't you invite the tent people to live with you? Looks like you know how to party, and you may be livin with 'em soon anyway!

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: UpCpk ()
Date: March 16, 2014 05:11PM

History has a tendency to repeat itself ...

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read more history about it.

1) people didn't starve and shit white. beleive it or not there were soup lines for the poor

2) it was not all theft and overspending by NY and DC

there was a great dust cloud and farming disaster in the USA and already there was war overseas

(feudal war - parliaments over there have long caused depressions by being pomp assess that dictate and overspend)

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were the same to happend today they'd hang congress

why is because there isn't many global disasters causing it. just greed.

look in the history books see if that isn't what happens when blight occurs soley due to greed

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: adsfasdfadsfafdasdf ()
Date: March 16, 2014 05:12PM

g-cat Wrote:
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> Hey "adsfasdfadsfafdasdf", why don't you invite
> the tent people to live with you? Looks like you
> know how to party, and you may be livin with 'em
> soon anyway!

They're not criminals! Maybe we should outlaw "Assholes" like you, at least I wouldn't have to hear your penny-ass crybabying on this forum!

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: DvvFu ()
Date: March 16, 2014 05:13PM

you hear scientists all warning that if one occured we wouldn't be prepared

why not? take a guess.

we are on borrowed time thanks to our predecessors

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Re: People living in the woods in Reston!!!!
Posted by: Mr. Chows ()
Date: March 16, 2014 08:31PM

This pic was from behind Sunrise Assisted Living. At least the tents & trash should be away from paths.
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