A large camp primarily in a wooded area of the inner city, where homeless bums and other outcasts of
society set up a camp. These camps can be very elaborate, to say the least. They can have community kitchens, barbers, and other luxuries found in most communities. Junkies, alcoholics, street urchins, and the mentally
ill are the primary residents.
River
bed bottoms, palm groves, and the like are perfect for
bum camps. Usually, bums
try to set up on public property close to areas where panhandling opportunities are abundant yet still remote enough to avoid the authorities.
I was hiking down by the river and could smell piss and
shit. I knew I was near a
bum camp.
I could smell the bastards LONG before I saw the camp. Must have been 10-
15 tents with a bunch of filthy bastards living there.