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Scott Branford's Camping For Their Lives

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After an eviction notice, John and his wife Mary are forced to leave their house and find a shelter. They have the choice of living in a homeless shelter or they can join the community of the tent cities, a “neighborhood” of makeshift homes created by those who are too poor to afford a legitimate home. They choose the latter choice due to the secureness of the community in contrast to the homeless shelter where anything goes. In the article Camping for Their Lives, the author Scott Branford discusses poverty and the use of tent cities. Homeless people uses tent cities to make makeshift houses. Despite this the community of California do not agree with the presence of tent cities and are doing everything they can to get rid of them. The author
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