Shanty towns return to America
Tent Cities
On a more serious note, it seems that the economic down turn and credit crunch is creating a new industry, tent-making. People losing jobs and homes are flocking to tent-cities all around the U.S. according to various news agencies.
The extent of the fallout is still being figured out, but from what I’ve gathered, most of the population is clueless as to what’s going on. People are continuing in their old ways and have not prepared or planned much for the prospect of losing a job or home.
Joan Burke, who campaigns on behalf of the homeless, said the images of Americans living in tents would shock many.
‘It should be an eye- opener for everybody,’ she said. ‘But we shouldn’t just be shocked, we should take action to change things, because it’s unacceptable.
‘It is unacceptable that in this day and age we have gone back to a situation like we had during the Great Depression.’
