Tent Cities Full Of Homeless People Are Booming In Cities All Over America As Poverty Spikes

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Tent Cities Full Of Homeless People Are Booming In Cities All Over America As Poverty Spikes
 By Michael Snyder, on September 11th, 2016

...According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, more than half a million people are homeless in America right now, but that figure is increasing by the day.  And it isn’t just adults that we are talking about.  It has been reported that that the number of homeless children in this country has risen by 60 percent since the last recession, and Poverty USA says that a total of 1.6 million children slept either in a homeless shelter or in some other form of emergency housing at some point last year.

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The following list of major tent cities that have become so well-known and established that they have been given names comes from Wikipedia…

Camp Hope, Las Cruces, New Mexico [1]
Camp Quixote, Olympia, Washington State[2]
Camp Take Notice, Ann Arbor, Michigan[3]
Dignity Village, Portland, Oregon
Opportunity Village, Eugene, Oregon
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Tent City, Phoenix, Arizona
New Jack City and Little Tijuana, Fresno, California[2]
Nickelsville, located in Seattle[2][4]
Right 2 Dream Too, Portland, Oregon[5]
River Haven,[6] Ventura County, California[7][8]
Safe Ground, Sacramento, California[2]
The Jungle, San Jose, California[2]
Temporary Homeless Service Area (THSA), Ontario, California[2]
Tent City (100+ residents) of Lakewood, New Jersey[9][10]
Tent City, Avenue A and 13th Street, Lubbock, Texas[11]
Tent City, New Jersey forest[12]
Tent City, Bernalillo County, New Mexico[13]
Tent City, banks of the American River, Sacramento, California[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
Tent City 3, Seattle
Tent City, Chicago, Illinois [1]
Tent City 4, eastern King County outside of Seattle
The Point, where the Gunnison River and Colorado River meet[23]
The Village of Hope and Community of Hope, Fresno, California[2]
Transition Park, Camden, New Jersey
Tent City, Fayette County, Tennessee, [2]
Camp Unity Eastside, Woodinville, WA [3]
China Hat Road, Bend, Oregon
 

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[tigger398]

That's because still there are no jobs , and the jobs there are is low paying job and not enough to support themselves or a family. If Clinton gets in. I'm sure it will increase a lot more.

[missmuffet]

Yes, very sad

[ayin jade]

4 hours ago, nebula said:

Maricopa County Sheriff’s Tent City, Phoenix, Arizona
 

This is one glaring error right here. This tent city is a prison. Not a place where homeless reside. 

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6 hours ago, ayin jade said:

This is one glaring error right here. This tent city is a prison. Not a place where homeless reside. 

Guess Wikipedia messed up with that one. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States

[artsylady]

So very sad

[SavedByGrace1981]

The plight of the poor and the homeless was a  fixture on the nightly news back in the 80s when Reagan was POTUS, but not so much now.

Anyone care to speculate as to why?

Blessings,

-Ed

 

[Running Gator]

3 minutes ago, SavedByGrace1981 said:

The plight of the poor and the homeless was a  fixture on the nightly news back in the 80s when Reagan was POTUS, but not so much now.

Anyone care to speculate as to why?

Blessings,

-Ed

 

Just like everything you see on a daily basis, we have grown so used to it that it is no longer news.  The war on poverty has worked as well as the war on drugs and the war on terrorism.  

[SavedByGrace1981]

31 minutes ago, Out of the Shadows said:

Just like everything you see on a daily basis, we have grown so used to it that it is no longer news.  The war on poverty has worked as well as the war on drugs and the war on terrorism.  

That's part of it, but when it comes to what we see on a daily basis there is also advancing an agenda at play.

This is a website that promotes a Christian worldview - therefore I assume most of us here (myself included) have compassion for the poor and homeless.  Personally, we do what we can - through our church and privately - to help.  My criticisms, such as they are, are not directed to those here.

Many advocates for the poor and homeless however have ulterior motives - creating bigger government being one of them.

Back in the 80s when issues of the poor and homeless were gracing our TV screens daily, the purpose was at least in part to make Reagan and his calls for cutting government spending seem cruel and heartless.  Why do I say this?

Look at what happened.  Did the problems of poverty and the poor and homeless suddenly disappear with the election of Clinton and the democrats in the 90s?  Were the issues miraculously solved?  No - of course not.  But the media "moved on" to cover other things.  Since the establishment media generally favors Ds (because Ds generally favor bigger more centralized government) - when a D is in power the media will not cover anything that makes them look bad.

That's why you're not hearing as much about the homeless problem now.

Human misery - whether it takes the form of poverty, homelessness, addictions, whatever - is something we as Christians should care about and we should do what we can to alleviate suffering.  Christ did say "the poor, you will always have with you"; but at the same time He commands us to be compassionate.

My point isn't not to be caring or concerned about these issues.  My point is to be suspicious of groups or individuals who "use" people to advance an agenda.

Blessings,

-Ed

 

Edited September 14, 2016 by SavedByGrace1981

[artsylady]

I agree Saved by Grace.