America's new subprime shanty-towns

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Might be of interest to IP...

MG


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America's new subprime shanty-towns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnnOOo6tRs8

Posted by Cory Doctorow, March 17, 2008 9:07 PM | permalink
In this chilling BBC clip, a newsteam ventures to one of LA's new
shantytowns made up of people who've lost their homes in the subprime
meltdown and now live in tents, improvised shacks or RVs on abandoned land.
It's the contemporary Hooverville, and, as the Subliterate Cinephile notes,
I wonder why I found out about this from the BBC and not US media. Link (via
The Subliterate Cinephile


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