Like many cities, Denver has a major homeless problem, and with the onset of the coronavirus, this could become a major crisis. Although the city has tried to institute a camping ban to keep the homeless from occupying parks and streets, it was declared unconstitutional, and the city stopped enforcing the ban. I recently noticed some of the homeless camping in front of Coors Field, as seen in the photograph above. If the season had started as scheduled, I am sure they would now be long gone, but that of course never happened. Most of these homeless people suffer from either mental illness or drug and alcohol problems, and they are not good at social distancing. I have read that in Los Angeles there are 60,000 homeless living in camps there. It boggles the mind even thinking about the possible consequences of all this. Let's hope for the best.
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