The Sharp, Sudden Decline of America's Middle Class

Jetdawgg · 07-01-2012, 01:07 PM

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Janis Adkins lives in her van at the Goleta Community Covenant Church in Santa Barbara

[QUOTE]Each evening, 150 people in 113 vehicles spend the night in 23 parking lots in Santa Barbara. The lots are part of Safe Parking, a program that offers overnight permits to people living in their vehicles. The nonprofit that runs the program, New Beginnings Counseling Center, requires participants to have a valid driver's license and current registration and insurance.

The number of vehicles per lot ranges from one to 15, and lot hours are generally from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Fraternization among those who sleep in the lots is implicitly discouraged – the fainter the program's presence, the less likely it will provoke complaints from neighboring homes and churches and businesses.[/QUOTE]

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07-01-2012, 01:07 PM	#1
Jetdawgg All Pro Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 6,718	The Sharp, Sudden Decline of America's Middle Class [IMG]http://assets.rollingstone.com/assets/images/story/the-sharp-sudden-decline-of-americas-middle-class-20120622/1000x600/main.jpg[/IMG] Janis Adkins lives in her van at the Goleta Community Covenant Church in Santa Barbara [QUOTE]Each evening, 150 people in 113 vehicles spend the night in 23 parking lots in Santa Barbara. The lots are part of Safe Parking, a program that offers overnight permits to people living in their vehicles. The nonprofit that runs the program, New Beginnings Counseling Center, requires participants to have a valid driver's license and current registration and insurance. The number of vehicles per lot ranges from one to 15, and lot hours are generally from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Fraternization among those who sleep in the lots is implicitly discouraged – the fainter the program's presence, the less likely it will provoke complaints from neighboring homes and churches and businesses.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/the-sharp-sudden-decline-of-americas-middle-class-20120622#ixzz1zOFMMLTW[/url]