I'd heard on the news, on NPR, that there was one outside Sacramento,
California. The city was trying to find someplace to house all the homeless
people there, many of whom were middle class people who had lost their jobs,
then their homes and everything else. Remember that in California housing is
so drastically overpriced that people can't keep the house unless they
QUICKLY find a job paying nearly the same as the old job they lost.
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Chris Crawford
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Fort Wayne, Indiana
260-747-3962
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http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work!
On 4/3/09 5:49 PM, "Sue Pearce" <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tent cities? Where?
> Bill Pearce
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> From: "Wiliam Wagenaar" <wiliam@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 4:34 PM
> Subject: [OM] Trip to the US?
>
>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I have booked a holiday trip with the family to the US this coming
>> summer. Because of the currect economic state however I am having mixed
>> feelings. One half of my thoughts are about preparing for the trip and
>> wanting to ask you what to visit. On the other hand I am wondering how
>> welcome tourists are at the moment. I keep hearing stories about people
>> loosing their jobs and no longer being able to pay their mortgage and
>> loosing everyhthing. Some have to live in tent cities. I know that
>> staying at home will not help anybody, but I feel like we might offend
>> people because we are able to have a holiday in the US. Last week I read
>> on this list that in some stores more staff was present than customers.
>> That cannot be good. What are the thoughts about this on the list?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your thoughts and opinions and please believe me I
>> do not want to offend anyone by visiting or even by asking.
>>
>> Wiliam
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