I have such mixed feelings about this. I mean, I understand that this is indicitave of a much, much larger problem... but I have no sympathy for the people who have gotten themselves into this situation. It is a perfect example of our American greed, to want bigger houses, newer cars, more STUFF, and to bury ourselves under a mountain of debt to get those things.

Do you forecast these tent cities to continue to grow, taking everybody in? Or do you picture more of a ghetto-type situation in each city, plagued by violence? It seems like the BBC found the most dire situation they could (I felt that the story was sensationalized the same way our news is... something that started in the UK a few years ago)... so am not sure how to react.

I dunno. I am going to send this clip to my sociology teacher and get her reaction.

I look forward to being able to converse about this stuff in person this summer!