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DeSwiss

(27,137 posts) Mon Apr 29, 2013, 09:06 PM Apr 2013

Life in Spain's ''slum of shame''

AlJazeeraEnglish·Published on Apr 29, 2013

It has been named the slum of shame. La Canada Real is an illegal settlement outside Madrid which is home to more than 40,000 people, who face an uncertain future. There is no running water or drains, electricity is hijacked, and houses are built amidst the rubble Al Jazeera's Rory Challands reports from La Canada Real, Spain.

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Life in Spain's ''slum of shame'' (Original Post) DeSwiss Apr 2013 OP

This is sad and eye opening. ForgoTheConsequence Apr 2013 #1

We have our very own "shanty town" in Portland OR 99th_Monkey Apr 2013 #2

ForgoTheConsequence

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1. This is sad and eye opening.

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Mon Apr 29, 2013, 09:19 PM

Apr 2013

But I could show you places in the United States that look pretty damn similar. Most people just don't want to admit this exists in the first world.

99th_Monkey

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2. We have our very own "shanty town" in Portland OR

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Mon Apr 29, 2013, 10:53 PM

Apr 2013

Allowing shanty towns to sprout-up, creating space where homeless people
can take care of one another, makes so much more sense than criminalizing
homeless peeps simply for not being able to afford conventional housing.
http://www.dignityvillage.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dignity_Village

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