This is a nightly thing here. I counted eight last night and ten on Sunday on my nightly walks. This is laying on the ground sleeping in front of businesses.
They clear them out for a week or two on holidays and that's it.
BTW this is a conservative city as well as county. They don't want to spend the money. That's why they are there! You put them into jail that's exactly what the homeless want! Free room and board.
Max population 34,000. Homeless on the streets on the last official count 200.
You hear about it in the big democratic cities only because they are bigger cities. Never in the small conservative cities. The homeless just don't congregate in small cities.
The homeless are everywhere regardless of politics.
Could say the same thing in Texas when I was there in 2001. Then it was definitely conservative with homeless camping next to day labor businesses.
The president doesn't matter on this either. 2001-2009 it was Bush! I was in Texas until 2004 almost 2005.
