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150 tents for homeless spring up on industrial land owned by Seattle

At the entrance of the makeshift grassy camp near West Marginal Way Southwest and Highland Park Way Southwest, an industrial area with the continual sound of heavy rigs, somebody had planted a wooden sign with burned-on letters: "NICKELSVILLE." This was a reference to the belief by advocates for the homeless that Mayor Greg Nickels is not exactly their friend.

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