Tent cities — much like the “Hoovervilles” of the Depression — have sprung up elsewhere around the country. But Sacramento, with one of the highest foreclosure rates, has one of the biggest, with a population of “easily 300,” said Rob Fong, a Sacramento city councilman, and it is “definitely growing.” “It’s an unfortunate sign of the times,” he said.

NYT, The Lede, 11.3.2009 > Katherine Q. Seelye, Sacramento and Its Riverside Tent City über eine Zeltstadt ohne Wasser, Strom etc., in der Krise schnell wachsend.