From Southern Cal. circa Jan. 2008, 150 tents, ~350 'residents', no power, two garden hoses for water.

Recomended viewing, not listening. The soundtrack is over the top depressing violin music. It's a good effect but plays too much on those heart strings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmeHiFZUWtE

[youtube]jmeHiFZUWtE[/youtube]

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Originally posted by atbell From Southern Cal. circa Jan. 2008, 150 tents, ~350 'residents', no power, two garden hoses for water. Recomended viewing, not listening. The soundtrack is over the top depressing violin music. It's a good effect but plays too much on those heart strings. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmeHiFZUWtE [youtube]jmeHiFZUWtE[/youtube]

some people in california are weird enough to want to live in tents regardless. on a serious note, california had a serious homelessness problem way before this economic downturn. Santa Monica State Beach is virtually a homeless shelter, as are many parts of san francisco (i.e., union square & civic center). I'm sure other california cities have similar problems. The fact that homeless people are now forming tent cities is not really noteworthy in my mind. I would rather they form tent cities than hang out in front of my building.

Thanks for making that note.

All good points and things that I'd never know about otherwise.

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Originally posted by atbell Thanks for making that note. All good points and things that I'd never know about otherwise.

hmmmmm - i can't tell if that was serious.

santa monica state beach:
http://i.pbase.com/o4/59/560859/1/5...1.DSC_9582s.jpg

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Originally posted by jerZ07002 hmmmmm - i can't tell if that was serious. santa monica state beach: http://i.pbase.com/o4/59/560859/1/5...1.DSC_9582s.jpg

LOL, it does look like my reply could have been sarcastic. It wasn't, I just started looking into this today. The only other thing I'd seen on it was a few pictures from some of the news papers (NY Times I think).

1200 in Sacramento's tent town, the same place as the shanty town from the great depression.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29528182...framenumber/1/

http://www.dailymarkets.com/economy/...ed-and-unspun/
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The good news is these have got nothing on the slums of Mumbai or Rio (both of which I suggest people check out on Google earth).

1/10 americans on food stamps

http://money.cnn.com/2009/04/02/new...sion=2009040221

homeless? they're just camping.

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