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[–] semisimian@startrek.website 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

We don't have the RV thing where I am. The people in the video are talking like this is commonplace in Portland. Is this mobile drug manufacturing? Mobile prostitution? Do they move the RVs often to avoid police? Are they stealing the RVs or is there some black market?

It just seems organized. Thanks ahead for any insight.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The RVs are people's homes because there is a shortage of housing. They move their RV from time to time to avoid tickets/police. The vehicles usually look worn down because people are literally living out of them. Eventually the RV won't work anymore and it gets towed and the family that was living out of it has to find somewhere else to sleep. Usually nothing illegal is happening because most of them understand they're living off the good graces of others. But there are a lot of people that feel uncomfortable around unhoused people and would rather vilify their neighbors than take a hard look at that discomfort.

Edit: according to the video meth and prostitution were happening, but then I have to wonder why the police were not doing anything about the obvious crimes. Did the police think the neighbors were just making stuff up?

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Legit question: do you actually "wonder why the police were not doing anything", though? 🥹

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

In the video she talks about how one was a meth lab that literally burnt down. Another was used for prostitution. Directly across the street from someone's house where they had little kids. People were just dumping trash (shown in video).