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Zombie_61

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Blackthorn said:
The level of poverty in this picture (and many others like it, already posted) in unimaginable in today's America. We don't see anything approaching it now.

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Think so? Come to Los Angeles. I can show you "homeless camps" where people are lucky if they have a viable tent to live in; the more fortunate have an old motorhome, or maybe a sub-compact car stuffed with their few remaining possessions to provide them a bit of shelter. Poverty might not be as widespread as it was during The Depression, but it does indeed exist in America today. Granted, some of those people are homeless by choice for a variety of issues, but many can barely afford to live here and the few feeble efforts to improve the situation are primarily motivated by complaints of theft and burglary. There are no simple answers, but the economy here in California hasn't improved the way it seems to have almost everywhere else in the U.S..
 
Bamaboots

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Zombie_61 said:
Think so? Come to Los Angeles. I can show you "homeless camps" where people are lucky if they have a viable tent to live in; the more fortunate have an old motorhome, or maybe a sub-compact car stuffed with their few remaining possessions to provide them a bit of shelter. Poverty might not be as widespread as it was during The Depression, but it does indeed exist in America today. Granted, some of those people are homeless by choice for a variety of issues, but many can barely afford to live here and the few feeble efforts to improve the situation are primarily motivated by complaints of theft and burglary. There are no simple answers, but the economy here in California hasn't improved the way it seems to have almost everywhere else in the U.S..
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Al, couldn't hit the like button on that one but you're right. I live in one of the highest per capita income areas of this state and I can show you areas, within a short drive from here where people live in near Appalachia like, depression era poverty. Whether by choice or circumstance, I think it's a bit of both.
 
Zombie_61

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Bamaboots said:
Al, couldn't hit the like button on that one but you're right. I live in one of the highest per capita income areas of this state and I can show you areas, within a short drive from here where people live in near Appalachia like, depression era poverty. Whether by choice or circumstance, I think it's a bit of both.
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Just a few hours ago I read an online article that stated members of the United Nations toured some of the impoverished neighborhoods in Alabama, and could not believe how bad the living conditions were. I'll stop before I derail this thread further, and I sincerely apologize to those who came here wanting to see vintage caps.
 
Blackthorn

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