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24. 'Castaways' in motor homes feel stranded on society's fringe" Recent story in LA Times.

Sun Mar 11, 2018, 02:05 PM

Mar 2018

This was an excellent photo essay.

http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-rv-homeless-20180304-htmlstory.html

In 1979, the recreational vehicle manufacturer Winnebago proudly touted its latest models in glossy magazines with splashy full-page ads proclaiming their coaches to be “A Condominium That Goes Places at About Half the Going Price.”

Today, many old and battered Winnebagos number among the thousands of motor homes that line the streets of Los Angeles, from the San Fernando Valley to the Westside to the Harbor area. In a region where rents and home prices skyrocket year after year, recreational vehicles now qualify as residences for people who would otherwise be homeless.

The 2017 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count tallied 4,545 campers and RVs in L.A. County that possibly serve as makeshift dwellings. In short, one of America’s least affordable housing market forces people to find creative alternatives for shelter.

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Many older Americans are living a desperate, nomadic life [View all] Willie Pep Mar 2018 OP

This is the Chic-fil-a grand opening crowd? underpants Mar 2018 #1

If you read the article perhaps you wouldn't ask that question Bradshaw3 Mar 2018 #2

K&R!!! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2018 #3

Read the article... SMC22307 Mar 2018 #6

Wow that was uncalled for. redstatebluegirl Mar 2018 #7

Agreed Sherman A1 Mar 2018 #8

It shows what a sick society we are CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #9

Pretty sure UP was just bashing the Chick-Fil-A Grand Opening crowd ... mr_lebowski Mar 2018 #23

We can't lose what we never had... national empathy or compassion. mountain grammy Mar 2018 #42

I have been really active for 40 years. redstatebluegirl Mar 2018 #10

Yes, they are trolls CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #16

I agree. murielm99 Mar 2018 #29

Good for you! CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #38

It's the boomer BILLIONAIRES that are the real problem sharedvalues Mar 2018 #30

Blame the boomers ia an attack on what our generation accomplished DBoon Mar 2018 #78

Frustration with the question. Blue_true Mar 2018 #67

Some are deplorables. Blue_true Mar 2018 #65

Very sad but true CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #4

Thanks for sharing Bradshaw3 Mar 2018 #14

Thank you! CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #15

You make excellent points. Sophia4 Mar 2018 #26

Know of and met hundreds of Wellstone ruled Mar 2018 #33

+1,000 !! CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #47

Missed typo. The Lady is 81. Wellstone ruled Mar 2018 #48

I see a lot of what you mentioned in my part of Florida. Blue_true Mar 2018 #71

Please fellow Seniors, Wellstone ruled Mar 2018 #73

This is what become of voting for 38 years of failed conservatives economic ideology chuckstevens Mar 2018 #5

And 52 percent of white women voted for drumpf Bradshaw3 Mar 2018 #13

and a bunch of gun humping white boys voted for him too CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #39

As hard as it is for some people to admit, the majority of white women voters made up his base too Bradshaw3 Mar 2018 #69

Well I voted for a white woman CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #75

I think I read that was fake info. It was actually 41% leftyladyfrommo Mar 2018 #60

You thought wrong Bradshaw3 Mar 2018 #66

Where I saw it was a fact check on his rally. leftyladyfrommo Mar 2018 #68

What he claimed was 52 percent of all women voters voted for him Bradshaw3 Mar 2018 #70

ok. that makes sense. nt leftyladyfrommo Mar 2018 #72

Pretty much. Xolodno Mar 2018 #56

credit is what we have instead of social services DBoon Mar 2018 #76

We live in a 2006 Class A motorhome for five yrs now, mostly staying in Army COE campgrounds. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2018 #11

Good to hear. It's something I am thinking about. padfun Mar 2018 #18

It's not a bad life at all and the RV community is filled with wonderful people. Some of the nicest SammyWinstonJack Mar 2018 #20

i hear ya! I have several women friends, all widows who travel together in vintage samnsara Mar 2018 #50

... Skittles Mar 2018 #58

Warehouse/distribution centers jobs filling orders seasonal during holidays. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2018 #59

Couple of questions... Xolodno Mar 2018 #57

I read the book, and it's fascinating. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #12

My late mother believed that sh*t CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #17

Yes. I've known people who took great pride PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #34

I have an IRA CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #36

I suppose you could try selling your house as is PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #37

It is good for 15 years CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #40

Actually ... CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #43

you can always take out an equity line of credit Mosby Mar 2018 #44

I see CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #46

What concerns me is that you took money from an IRA PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #51

I am on Medicare CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #52

Are you eligible for full Irish citizenship? PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #53

House as an investment CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #79

The billionaire Peter Peterson is not only undermining social security DBoon Mar 2018 #77

KnR! Canoe52 Mar 2018 #19

K&R defacto7 Mar 2018 #21

this could be future me. KG Mar 2018 #22

Yeah, me too ... well if my folks turned their backs on me or my mom goes before my mr_lebowski Mar 2018 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #41

'Castaways' in motor homes feel stranded on society's fringe" Recent story in LA Times. japple Mar 2018 #24

70...and am there. Hulk Mar 2018 #25

Meanwhile the Trumps scam humanity to live the luxury life. Sophia4 Mar 2018 #28

True CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #35

how's mexico? i'm seriously thinking about that. crime sounds pretty bad now, though. nt TheFrenchRazor Mar 2018 #81

Only the stories sound bad... Hulk Mar 2018 #83

I was in a rite aide recently and the cashier was easily on her 80s kimbutgar Mar 2018 #27

There is a lady at the local KMART in her 80s CountAllVotes Mar 2018 #31

Its okay to work when youre older spinbaby Mar 2018 #45

... Delphinus Mar 2018 #49

My aunt might end up like this. Willie Pep Mar 2018 #80

it's a great book; without a doubt a sign of things to come, unfortunately. nt TheFrenchRazor Mar 2018 #54

"modern day hunter-gatherers;" doesn't seem like it might be a bad thing, although it is usually TheFrenchRazor Mar 2018 #55

civilization progressed away from hunter-gatherer mode for a reason blake2012 Mar 2018 #62

you think i don't know that? i probably know more about it than you do, and yes, there are benefits TheFrenchRazor Mar 2018 #82

I know a couple just like this. They shuttle from grown child to grown child blake2012 Mar 2018 #61

Maybe forty years of voting Republican wasnt exactly in their own best interests? EarthFirst Mar 2018 #63

I see a lot of those people in Florida. Blue_true Mar 2018 #64

I once considered becoming a full-time RVer in retirement elocs Mar 2018 #74