Tent city in suburbs is cost of home crisis

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Prezedent Chucklenuts/Dec. 20,2007: "My view of the economy is that the fundamentals are strong, that we've had strong growth for a reason; that we're competitive, we got flexible workplace, that we kept taxes low, exports are up."

His view of anything is through the bottom of a vodka glass. My fervent hope is that all future "tent cities" (and there will be many) spring up in the backyards of those who still support this nitwit pResident.



"ONTARIO, California (Reuters) - Between railroad tracks and beneath the roar of departing planes sits "tent city," a terminus for homeless people. It is not, as might be expected, in a blighted city center, but in the once-booming suburbia of Southern California.

The noisy, dusty camp sprang up in July with 20 residents and now numbers 200 people, including several children, growing as this region east of Los Angeles has been hit by the U.S. housing crisis.

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While no current residents claim to be victims of foreclosure, all agree that tent city is a symptom of the wider economic downturn. And it's just a matter of time before foreclosed families end up at tent city, local housing experts say.

"They don't hit the streets immediately," said activist Jane Mercer. Most families can find transitional housing in a motel or with friends before turning to charity or the streets. "They only hit tent city when they really bottom out."


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