Yes Chris,
That is the kind of tent cities I heard about too. I also read that
people first had to leave their homes and stores their inventory in a
storage facility. After a few months of non payments for the storage
their inventory was auctioned off.
Thanks for your first answer also. I know there is hardly anything I
could have done to cause the current or to help stop it for that matter.
I am not looking for an explanation for what happened, nor am I trying
to find a scapegoat. I am merely asking will we be welcome and safe?
Thanks for your time,
Wiliam
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Chris Crawford [mailto:chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Verzonden: vrijdag 3 april 2009 23:53
> Aan: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Onderwerp: Re: [OM] Trip to the US?
>
>
> I'd heard on the news, on NPR, that there was one outside
> Sacramento, California. The city was trying to find someplace
> to house all the homeless people there, many of whom were
> middle class people who had lost their jobs, then their homes
> and everything else. Remember that in California housing is
> so drastically overpriced that people can't keep the house
> unless they QUICKLY find a job paying nearly the same as the
> old job they lost.
>
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> On 4/3/09 5:49 PM, "Sue Pearce" <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Tent cities? Where?
> > Bill Pearce
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Wiliam Wagenaar" <wiliam@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 4:34 PM
> > Subject: [OM] Trip to the US?
> >
> >
> >> Hi guys,
> >>
> >> I have booked a holiday trip with the family to the US this coming
> >> summer. Because of the currect economic state however I am having
> >> mixed feelings. One half of my thoughts are about
> preparing for the
> >> trip and wanting to ask you what to visit. On the other hand I am
> >> wondering how welcome tourists are at the moment. I keep hearing
> >> stories about people loosing their jobs and no longer
> being able to
> >> pay their mortgage and loosing everyhthing. Some have to
> live in tent
> >> cities. I know that staying at home will not help anybody,
> but I feel
> >> like we might offend people because we are able to have a
> holiday in
> >> the US. Last week I read on this list that in some stores
> more staff
> >> was present than customers. That cannot be good. What are the
> >> thoughts about this on the list?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance for your thoughts and opinions and
> please believe
> >> me I do not want to offend anyone by visiting or even by asking.
> >>
> >> Wiliam
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