James Bannister, 38, stands by his tent near the Watergate and Whitehurst Freeway in Washington D.C., November 16, 2015. “Tent city is the idea that you can be in a place that is peaceful and quiet and away from everybody else, where you don't have any violence, no problems or none of the above. I'm on the list for housing but have been on the list for 20 years”, Bannister said. (Photo by Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)
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