Linked directly from ZeroHedge, I stumbled across this article talking about tent cities popping up all over America. The title of the article alone was alarming enough for me to actually read this article. When "tent cities" in America is mentioned, the first images that come to mind are images of America during the Great Depression. But since it is 2016 (the current year), it is hard to imagine that tent cities should exist in a significant number. At least it should be significant enough to be reported on.
Low and behold, the article states that more than 500,000 Americans today are homeless. Considering the population of America is 320 million, the total percentage of homeless Americans is a mere fraction of a percent.. However, to put things in perspective, 500,000 is about the total population of Sacramento, California.
The article further links to Wikipedia a list of recognized tent cities all across America (with several being in California and Oregon). These tent cities only accommodate dozens of people so it can be assumed that there are far more tent cities that are unrecognized.
By looking at the list of tent cities, it looks like a lot of them cluster around big liberal cities with really high costs of living.
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