Has a Tent City ever been located in a residential area or near schools?
Yes. Because the host is usually a church, Tent Cities have normally been in residential neighborhoods. On the Eastside, Tent City 4 has now been located near or beside schools in about half of its nine sites over the past two years. School officials have not reported any incidents of Tent City residents having contact with schools or their children, except to lessen the amount of litter in the area. Furthermore, according to area police reports, during the entire history of all Tent Cities, not a single child or other neighbor has been harmed by any Tent City resident.
