or maybe the levee camp blues, i can't decide.
don't know how things are where you work, but this is about the third time i've seen one of these this month.
....living in a van, down by the river...
Many many moons ago, circa 1989 and I was 12, I remember a lot of news coverage about how "The Rainbow Coalition" had set up camp on the East side of the Neches river in my county on some Timber company land. They stayed about 3 weeks until the locals encouraged them to leave. Their leaving just happened to coincide with the opening of squirrel and bow season. Maybe your locals aren't just as persuasive as ours. 🙂
The N. Canadian River runs through Oklahoma City and for years the "bottom" was a magnet for every homeless wino that needed a place to pass out...or worse. I don't know if I'd call them "tents", but trash bags and tarps draped over plum thickets seem to be the domicile of choice down there.
The City has in the last few years "revived" the river area with manicured bermuda grass, jogging trails and lots of bright lights for security at night. It has forced all of the indigenous squatters into a concentrated area owned by the Native American Cultural Center who, by the way, apparently don't mind the "campers".
I've completed lots of transmission line work in the area over the last couple of years. Never ran into anybody that was aggressive in any of the camps. Most thought we were LEOs of some sort and scampered off deeper into the brush. Never thought of showing them (or a note) on a survey.
I wonder what FEMA building diagram covers trash bag tents? 😉
paden cash, post: 422263, member: 20 wrote: The N. Canadian River runs through Oklahoma City and for years the "bottom" was a magnet for every homeless wino that needed a place to pass out...or worse. I don't know if I'd call them "tents", but trash bags and tarps draped over plum thickets seem to be the domicile of choice down there.
The City has in the last few years "revived" the river area with manicured bermuda grass, jogging trails and lots of bright lights for security at night. It has forced all of the indigenous squatters into a concentrated area owned by the Native American Cultural Center who, by the way, apparently don't mind the "campers".
I've completed lots of transmission line work in the area over the last couple of years. Never ran into anybody that was aggressive in any of the camps. Most thought we were LEOs of some sort and scampered off deeper into the brush. Never thought of showing them (or a note) on a survey.
I wonder what FEMA building diagram covers trash bag tents? 😉
well, that's what's remarkable to me in this particular case: it ain't downtown. ain't in the burbs. ain't near anywhere you could get, say, 2 hot dogs for a buck or a six-pack of four loko or a can of vienna sausages. just a creek behind an industrial park that's a decent (walking) haul from anything convenient to somebody who'd need extra convenience.
and then, yeah, listing it as an encroachment...
few years back i did a survey on a tract much nearer to downtown that had a significant community of fabric-based domiciles carved out of a clearing. their security system was in the form of used TP hung from the branches that lined the paths of ingress and egress to/from the "town square".
this city life has really got me down. hence the thread title...
Illegals working in the industrial park?
JaRo, post: 422270, member: 292 wrote: Illegals working in the industrial park?
seriously doubt it.
"illegals" maybe- but probably not in the way- or of the skin tone- I assume you're implying.
flyin solo, post: 422265, member: 8089 wrote: well, that's what's remarkable to me in this particular case: it ain't downtown. ain't in the burbs. ain't near anywhere you could get, say, 2 hot dogs for a buck or a six-pack of four loko or a can of vienna sausages. just a creek behind an industrial park that's a decent (walking) haul from anything convenient to somebody who'd need extra convenience.
and then, yeah, listing it as an encroachment...
few years back i did a survey on a tract much nearer to downtown that had a significant community of fabric-based domiciles carved out of a clearing. their security system was in the form of used TP hung from the branches that lined the paths of ingress and egress to/from the "town square".
this city life has really got me down. hence the thread title...
I guess some folks just need their solitude, home is where you hang your hat. And 10-4 on the "city life blues"...
Deer hunting in Creek Co., OK once I did run into an old Indian fella living in the rusted carcass of a '40s vintage bread or milk delivery truck. I have no idea how it got out there...it was 2 miles from anything you would even call a trail...and no other junk in the area. He didn't talk much. I told him we were deer hunting and he just grunted. My buddy asked if he had seen any deer and all he said was, "cows, no bulls"...and then retreated back into his rust bucket.
Takes all kinds I guess.
Mark Mayer, post: 422259, member: 424 wrote: living in a van, down by the river
Most tent cities I have come across lately seem to be on the undeveloped wooded out parcel adjacent to walmart. Oddly enough the occupants are rarely encountered no matter what time of day. However my crew did report one who happened to be "on the throne" so to speak right beside my man taking a shot. He said it scared the bejeezes out of hin when the guy stood up and scurried off. Lol
around here, the gubmint rents 'em an apartment and gives 'em food stamps.............
flyin solo, post: 422254, member: 8089 wrote: or maybe the levee camp blues, i can't decide.
don't know how things are where you work, but this is about the third time i've seen one of these this month.
Sort of silly in Texas to flag this for title insurance purposes unless there is some reason to believe that the trespassers are (a) there under some claim of right and (b) have been there long enough to have any serious claim ripening under the 10-year statute of limitation.
My guess is that if that is the largest claim that any title insurance underwriter ever deals with, i.e. some hobo camp along the river, that insurer would be congratulating themselves on their excellent good fortune.
That is a trespass, not an encroachment unless the trespasser owns the adjoining Tract and is camped on the boundary.
Wouldn't label it an encroachment but have shown the location of camps and obvious route to and from per Section 5.B.iv of the standards (the location and character of pedestrian or other forms of access to the property by other than the apparent occupants).
As for the predominance of camps occupied by those who prefer a lifestyle outside the confines of the workaday 9-5, I guess the days where two hours of pushin' broom buys and eight by twelve four-bit room are long gone.
King Of The Road
Roger Miller
Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents.
No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes
Ah, but, two hours of pushin' broom
Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room
I'm a man of means by no means, king of the road.
Third boxcar, midnight train, destination, Bangor, Maine.
Old worn out clothes and shoes,
I don't pay no union dues,
I smoke old stogies I have found short, but not too big around
I'm a man of means by no means, king of the road.
I know every engineer on every train
All of their children, and all of their names
And every handout in every town
And every lock that ain't locked, when no one's around.
I sing, trailers for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents
No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes
Ah, but,Û?
I would believe that the hobos and campers would have to set up camp, improve the land, maintain control of and reside there for 30+ years without any recourse to have any claim to the land itself.
I don't think their occupation is exclusive if it's a homeless camp.
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"Leo" as in the Zodiac, or "LEO" as in Law Enforcement Officer? 😉
