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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 2360046" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p>Here's a story for rickyb;</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-09-12/tent-cities-full-homeless-people-are-booming-cities-all-over-america-poverty-spikes" target="_blank">Tent Cities Full Of Homeless People Are Booming In Cities All Over America As Poverty Spikes | Zero Hedge</a></p><p>The following list of major tent cities that have become so well-known and established that they have been given names <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States" target="_blank">comes from Wikipedia</a>…</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Camp Hope, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Cruces,_New_Mexico" target="_blank">Las Cruces, New Mexico</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-1" target="_blank">[1]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Camp Quixote, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympia,_Washington" target="_blank">Olympia, Washington</a> State<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-nationalhomeless1-2" target="_blank">[2]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Camp Take Notice, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Arbor" target="_blank">Ann Arbor</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan" target="_blank">Michigan</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-3" target="_blank">[3]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dignity_Village" target="_blank">Dignity Village</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" target="_blank">Portland, Oregon</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.opportunityvillageeugene.org" target="_blank">Opportunity Village</a>, Eugene, Oregon</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tent_City#Maricopa_County_Jail_modification" target="_blank">Maricopa County Sheriff’s Tent City</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" target="_blank">Phoenix, Arizona</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">New Jack City and Little Tijuana, Fresno, California<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-nationalhomeless1-2" target="_blank">[2]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Nickelsville, located in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle" target="_blank">Seattle</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-nationalhomeless1-2" target="_blank">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-4" target="_blank">[4]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_2_Dream_Too" target="_blank">Right 2 Dream Too</a>, Portland, Oregon<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-5" target="_blank">[5]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">River Haven,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-6" target="_blank">[6]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventura_County" target="_blank">Ventura County</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" target="_blank">California</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-7" target="_blank">[7]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-8" target="_blank">[8]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Safe Ground, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento" target="_blank">Sacramento</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" target="_blank">California</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-nationalhomeless1-2" target="_blank">[2]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Jungle, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose,_California" target="_blank">San Jose</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" target="_blank">California</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-nationalhomeless1-2" target="_blank">[2]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Temporary Homeless Service Area (THSA), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario,_California" target="_blank">Ontario, California</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-nationalhomeless1-2" target="_blank">[2]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://TentCityNJ.org" target="_blank">Tent City</a> (100+ residents) of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakewood,_New_Jersey" target="_blank">Lakewood, New Jersey</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-9" target="_blank">[9]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-10" target="_blank">[10]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tent City, Avenue A and 13th Street, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubbock,_Texas" target="_blank">Lubbock, Texas</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-11" target="_blank">[11]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tent City, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey" target="_blank">New Jersey</a> forest<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-12" target="_blank">[12]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tent City, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernalillo_County" target="_blank">Bernalillo County</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico" target="_blank">New Mexico</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-13" target="_blank">[13]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tent City, banks of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_River" target="_blank">American River</a>, Sacramento, California<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-14" target="_blank">[14]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-15" target="_blank">[15]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-16" target="_blank">[16]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-17" target="_blank">[17]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-18" target="_blank">[18]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-19" target="_blank">[19]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-20" target="_blank">[20]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-21" target="_blank">[21]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-22" target="_blank">[22]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tent City 3, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle,_Washington" target="_blank">Seattle</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tent City, Chicago, Illinois <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL376LHXSjY" target="_blank">[1]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tent_City_4" target="_blank">Tent City 4</a>, eastern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_County,_Washington" target="_blank">King County</a> outside of Seattle</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Point, where the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnison_River" target="_blank">Gunnison River</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River" target="_blank">Colorado River</a> meet<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-23" target="_blank">[23]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Village of Hope and Community of Hope, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresno" target="_blank">Fresno</a>, California<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-nationalhomeless1-2" target="_blank">[2]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tent_city#Transition_Park.2C_Camden.2C_New_Jersey" target="_blank">Transition Park</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden,_New_Jersey" target="_blank">Camden, New Jersey</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tent City, Fayette County, Tennessee, <a href="http://tentcity.eserver.org/" target="_blank">[2]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Camp Unity Eastside, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_County" target="_blank">Woodinville, WA</a> <a href="http://campunityeastside.org" target="_blank">[3]</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">China Hat Road, Bend, Oregon</li> </ul><p>This is the problem – people don’t want to deal with the human feces, the needles, the crime and the other problems that homeless people often bring with them. So the instinct is often to kick them out and send them away.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, that doesn’t fix the problem. It just passes it on to someone else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 2360046, member: 12952"] Here's a story for rickyb; [URL="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-09-12/tent-cities-full-homeless-people-are-booming-cities-all-over-america-poverty-spikes"]Tent Cities Full Of Homeless People Are Booming In Cities All Over America As Poverty Spikes | Zero Hedge[/URL] The following list of major tent cities that have become so well-known and established that they have been given names [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States']comes from Wikipedia[/URL]… [LIST] [*]Camp Hope, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Cruces,_New_Mexico']Las Cruces, New Mexico[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-1'][1][/URL] [*]Camp Quixote, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympia,_Washington']Olympia, Washington[/URL] State[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-nationalhomeless1-2'][2][/URL] [*]Camp Take Notice, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Arbor']Ann Arbor[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan']Michigan[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-3'][3][/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dignity_Village']Dignity Village[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_Oregon']Portland, Oregon[/URL] [*][URL='http://www.opportunityvillageeugene.org']Opportunity Village[/URL], Eugene, Oregon [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tent_City#Maricopa_County_Jail_modification']Maricopa County Sheriff’s Tent City[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona']Phoenix, Arizona[/URL] [*]New Jack City and Little Tijuana, Fresno, California[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-nationalhomeless1-2'][2][/URL] [*]Nickelsville, located in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle']Seattle[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-nationalhomeless1-2'][2][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-4'][4][/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_2_Dream_Too']Right 2 Dream Too[/URL], Portland, Oregon[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-5'][5][/URL] [*]River Haven,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-6'][6][/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventura_County']Ventura County[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California']California[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-7'][7][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-8'][8][/URL] [*]Safe Ground, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento']Sacramento[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California']California[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-nationalhomeless1-2'][2][/URL] [*]The Jungle, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose,_California']San Jose[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California']California[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-nationalhomeless1-2'][2][/URL] [*]Temporary Homeless Service Area (THSA), [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario,_California']Ontario, California[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-nationalhomeless1-2'][2][/URL] [*][URL='http://TentCityNJ.org']Tent City[/URL] (100+ residents) of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakewood,_New_Jersey']Lakewood, New Jersey[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-9'][9][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-10'][10][/URL] [*]Tent City, Avenue A and 13th Street, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubbock,_Texas']Lubbock, Texas[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-11'][11][/URL] [*]Tent City, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey']New Jersey[/URL] forest[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-12'][12][/URL] [*]Tent City, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernalillo_County']Bernalillo County[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico']New Mexico[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-13'][13][/URL] [*]Tent City, banks of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_River']American River[/URL], Sacramento, California[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-14'][14][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-15'][15][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-16'][16][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-17'][17][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-18'][18][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-19'][19][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-20'][20][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-21'][21][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-22'][22][/URL] [*]Tent City 3, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle,_Washington']Seattle[/URL] [*]Tent City, Chicago, Illinois [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL376LHXSjY'][1][/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tent_City_4']Tent City 4[/URL], eastern [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_County,_Washington']King County[/URL] outside of Seattle [*]The Point, where the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnison_River']Gunnison River[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River']Colorado River[/URL] meet[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-23'][23][/URL] [*]The Village of Hope and Community of Hope, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresno']Fresno[/URL], California[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States#cite_note-nationalhomeless1-2'][2][/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tent_city#Transition_Park.2C_Camden.2C_New_Jersey']Transition Park[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden,_New_Jersey']Camden, New Jersey[/URL] [*]Tent City, Fayette County, Tennessee, [URL='http://tentcity.eserver.org/'][2][/URL] [*]Camp Unity Eastside, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_County']Woodinville, WA[/URL] [URL='http://campunityeastside.org'][3][/URL] [*]China Hat Road, Bend, Oregon [/LIST] This is the problem – people don’t want to deal with the human feces, the needles, the crime and the other problems that homeless people often bring with them. So the instinct is often to kick them out and send them away. Unfortunately, that doesn’t fix the problem. It just passes it on to someone else. [/QUOTE]
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