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Tent City II is almost gone, and it’s unclear whether there will be a Tent City III.

But what if there were? And what if the next one weren’t essentially a rogue operation? What if Spokane got all San Francisco on the homeless and created its own official tent city?

This is what you might call an extremely hypothetical situation. But it seems to us that it might be a simple, minor gesture from those of us who are staying nice and warm right now, to those who – for whatever reason – are not. A place to pitch a tent.

We asked readers at The Falls blog where such a city might go. The consensus among a few people seemed to be the fairgrounds or Playfair Race Course.

A few other possibilities:

•Joe Albi Stadium.

•The Kendall Yards lot.

•Campgrounds at Riverside State Park.

•The old University City mall in Spokane Valley.

•The purple level of the River Park Square parking garage.