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Archive Home > 2008 > September > 19 > In tough times, tent cities are on the rise

In tough times, tent cities are on the rise

Encampments especially visible across the West, agencies report

By Evelyn Nieves / The Bulletin
September 19, 2008

RENO, Nev. — A few tents cropped up hard by the railroad tracks, pitched by men left with nowhere to go once the emergency winter shelter closed for the summer.

Then others appeared — people who had lost their jobs to the ailing economy, or newcomers who had moved to Reno for....

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