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Bay Area homeowners are hiring a sword-wielding man to help them kick squatters out of empty properties: ‘The average squatter has no melee experience’ (www.independent.co.uk)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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[–] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

You seem to know a lot about them, what are their names? Are they squatting in the room with you right now?

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Shadija Romero has been making the news recently turning a 30-day or less Airbnb rental into a 9-month drag out fight, but she's a probably only made the news because she's mentally not all there. Most squatters aren't delusional enough to try to defend themselves publicly or lie about things to the press.

    When I look up squatters most of the info seems to pop up around DC and Maryland so if I wonder if it's a particular issue around there.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    I imagine squatters are more common in any big/desirable metro area, where a lot of housing is unfilled for months or years at a time because a property owner just wants to have “a place in DC” in case they need it.

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