At some point between 2010 and 2020....if you traveled around Seattle, Portland, LA or SF....you started to notice a collection of 'Tent-Tribes'....mostly homeless people that had the cash to buy camping equipment (either a tent, camper-trailer, or RV) and they just hung out.
I asked someone where this originated, and the answer given was that rent reached a level where the dysfunctional folks had no options left. If you'd asked about 1930's hobos....it was the same answer....they camped out because they couldn't afford rent.
What's different between now and the 1930s? Oddly....people respect the lifestyle of the Tent-Tribe today. In the 1930s....no one wanted them in their town or neighborhood.
Yeah, it's like an Indian tribal thing....they got respect...mostly for living like some Indian on the open plains.
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