I found this story on BoingBoing.net.
America's new subprime shanty-towns
Posted by Cory Doctorow, March 17, 2008 9:07 PM
In this chilling BBC clip, a newsteam ventures to one of LA's new shantytowns made up of people who've lost their homes in the subprime meltdown and now live in tents, improvised shacks or RVs on abandoned land. It's the contemporary Hooverville, and, as the Subliterate Cinephile notes, I wonder why I found out about this from the BBC and not US media.
Purple Punk Rocker from Atlanta, Georgia. Now just a faded Goth Ghost in High Point, North Carolina. Missing my old haunts while looking for a new one.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
America's new subprime shanty-towns
I moved to High Point, NC from Atlanta, Georgia in November 2014. I work as a graphic designer, photographer, and prepress tech.
Likes: good coffee, sushi, music, art, Halloween, etc.
Dislikes: racism, sexism, fundamentalism, mayonaise
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment