Monday, October 20, 2008

Chronicles Of Depression 2.0: #353: Tents

Nevada tent cities rise in shadow of casinos
Jodi Royal-Goodwin, Reno's community reinvestment manager, has seen her city become the poster child for the homeless this summer, but she knows she is not alone.

"They (tent cities) are all over the place,'' she says.

"I've heard the comparisons to Hooverville, but we are at 8 per cent unemployment here now. Hooverville was 25 per cent unemployment. Heaven help us all if we do get to that point.''

-- via Cynical-C

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