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Tales of Tent City
Jun 10, 2009
Alternative NewsTales of Tent City   from TheNation.com
Despite its momentary dispersal in Sacramento, Tent City is still out there - in Seattle, Portland, Reno, Providence, Fresno, even in the sprawling exurbs of southern California in the small city of Ontario. Tent City existed at the height of the real estate boom too, hidden in plain view, an omen for anyone willing to look. The recession has made poverty visible again, and Tent City tells the grueling backstory to the current recession - nearly thirty years of cuts in social services to the poor and mentally ill, the decimation of the industrial economy and the cruel underside of the housing boom.
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