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3rensho
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 Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:48 pm Post subject: The new Hoovervilles |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBIJH6--vsM
This is a BBC Report on Californians now living in a tent city because they were evicted from their homes. I have left the link unedited so people can see exactly where they are being directed to (Youtube)
Very reminiscent of the the "Hoovervilles" of the 1930's. |
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Novus
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:09 pm Post subject: Re: The new Hoovervilles |
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| At 1:10 into that video they interview I guy who just lost his home. There is monster SUV in the driveway...Priceless. |
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IanC
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:26 pm Post subject: Re: The new Hoovervilles |
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This is really sad. I'm afraid we'll see more of this in the future.
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ozkrenske
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:29 pm Post subject: Re: The new Hoovervilles |
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| Well that is his old home so that's the new owners massive pickup. Mind you it is so large it wouldn't fit in the garage. Prime target for self conflagration when it's time for repo. |
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heroineworshipper
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:46 pm Post subject: Re: The new Hoovervilles |
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The real story is loss of confidence in money. The foreign investors who kept lending money to keep us clothed suddenly wanted the houses back because their bonds became worthless. Rents went from $1700 to $3000 overnight. Housing prices are still going up in Silicon Valley but now foreign investors R buying all the real estate.
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Leanan
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:33 am Post subject: Re: The new Hoovervilles |
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The new Hoovervilles are known as "Shruburbs."
(Hat tip to Souperman at TOD.)
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aflurry
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:15 am Post subject: Re: The new Hoovervilles |
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| Leanan wrote: | The new Hoovervilles are known as "Shruburbs."
(Hat tip to Souperman at TOD.) |
nice. |
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BigTex
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:49 am Post subject: Re: The new Hoovervilles |
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It's all just a clever plan to get rid of all those toxic FEMA trailers.
The new Hoovervilles will be strip-mall parking lots full of run-down RVs.
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I watched that video. That's a little over the top, I think. They didn't say a word about what percentage of homeowners who had been foreclosed on were having to live like that.
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alecifel
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:08 pm Post subject: Re: The new Hoovervilles |
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Perhaps "Duburb" would be a more fitting term. Looks like a lot of these people don't even have shrubs.
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BigTex
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:08 pm Post subject: Re: The new Hoovervilles |
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| alecifel wrote: | | Perhaps "Duburb" would be a more fitting term. Looks like a lot of these people don't even have shrubs. |
How about the last 8 years have actually been an alternate ending to the Planet of the Apes movie and we will all be waking up to Al Gore being sworn in shortly.
Think about what a great peak oil president he would have been.
Even if you don't like him (which I don't particularly), he would have been about as good a head of state to try to come up with a strategic solution to peak oil as I can think of.
Before you poopoo it, just think about it for a second.
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As for the suburban refugee camps, how about "Non-Negotiableville."
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alecifel
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:10 pm Post subject: Re: The new Hoovervilles |
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Oh, if only that were true!
Instead I think we're going to be looking back in another 8 years, shouting "Damn you all to hell!"
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Cloud9
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:56 pm Post subject: Re: The new Hoovervilles |
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| Let's see where we are at the end of the next eight. |
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Novus
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:57 pm Post subject: Re: The new Hoovervilles |
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Here is another Hooverville popping up. They say poor Americans figure they are just disgraced millionaires. This guy fits the bill to a tee.
CNN |
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alecifel
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:08 pm Post subject: Re: The new Hoovervilles |
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The most absurd part of that video, is look at the objects they decided to take with them. The lawn around the thing is so littered with consumerist garbage, from a Faux Venus to the fireplace that now serves no function. There's probably a salad shooter taking up space in the pantry.
I lived for almost 2 years in a travel trailer half that size when I started homesteading my property, and never wasted an inch on trash like that. Kunstler would have a field day with these people.
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lawnchair
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:17 pm Post subject: Re: The new Hoovervilles |
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| alecifel wrote: | | The most absurd part of that video, is look at the objects they decided to take with them. The lawn around the thing is so littered with consumerist garbage, from a Faux Venus to the fireplace that now serves no function. |
The cargo cult is strong with these people.
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