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-Great Cultural Revolution
Denver homeless camp has decked-out open-air BAR that also rents out tents for prostitution
2023-09-16
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] All the comforts of home.
  • A pop-up bar has been set up in Denver on sidewalk at 23rd and Champa streets which the city's growing homeless population has turned into an encampment

  • It features lounge chairs and umbrellas and one of the the tents looks to have been transformed into a streetside bar with reports of alcohol being sold

  • The camp has been decorated with couches, rugs and tables and dozens of liquor bottles have been proudly put on display

Meghan Shay, an executive at homeless aid group Step Denver, said serving alcohol to vulnerable people would worsen the city's homeless issue and pointed to a report which shows over 80 percent of homeless people have experienced lifetime alcohol and, or drug problems.

Shay added that a report on street mortality showed drugs and alcohol caused 60 percent of homeless deaths in 2022.

Her organization Step Denver helps homeless men deal with mental health issues and recover from addiction.

The Denver metropolitan area has seen a 32 percent rise in homelessness this year compared to 2022.

It had 9,065 unhoused people in January compared to 6,884 the year before, according to data collected by the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative.
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Posted by:Skidmark

#6  Adam Smith nods with restrained approval.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources   2023-09-16 17:19  

#5  -snort-
From the comments:

Even the homeless aren't serving Bud Light!
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-09-16 10:32  

#4  Seems like only suckers pay for a liquor license.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-09-16 09:35  

#3  Just coming full circle to when it was a territorial mining town.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-09-16 08:38  

#2  Another fail for the Red's of Denver as the homeless adopt free enterprise.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-09-16 07:43  

#1  The police spokesman has the requisite neck donut.
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-09-16 01:32  

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