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17 comments to "Dignity Village"
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Pudifoot
February 11th, 2008 at
11:08 am
I don’t know… I have seen some mighty organized shantytowns.
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biltmore
February 11th, 2008 at
12:14 pm
Crazy. I live in Portland, and I’ve never heard about this until now.
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VonSkippy
February 11th, 2008 at
2:45 pm
Somehow Freeloading and Dignity don’t really fit together.
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Nate Deviate
February 11th, 2008 at
3:42 pm
is it free to stay there? Is there a webcam set up so we can watch their every move? This looks like a good advertising and recruitment opportunity for walmart!
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Paul
February 11th, 2008 at
5:07 pm
I think this is cool. I am happy for them.
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MoniA
February 11th, 2008 at
7:26 pm
This looks cool. Good for them. I’d love to visit there sometime.
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dunkelxblau
February 11th, 2008 at
7:36 pm
I don’t think calling it “freeloading” is fair. Although many people end up homeless for various reasons, some chose to be homeless in order to live in an alternative (albeit a bit extreme) lifestyle. I see this as an amazing opportunity to teach the world something good. This, however, is not the first time the homeless have come together in an organized way: I present the hobo Code of Conduct.
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Sage
February 11th, 2008 at
7:40 pm
That looks so nice! I’m a little surprised, to be honest. I wonder where the internet comes from though? Prolly public library work, now that I think of it…
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rachell
February 11th, 2008 at
9:14 pm
i think it’s wonderful.
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Tom
February 11th, 2008 at
10:28 pm
Are those solar panels on the buildings in the upper left?
I think this is a great idea. Every major city should do this, if only to cut down on the medical costs of homeless people.
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Adam
February 12th, 2008 at
12:40 am
Don’t they have group homes in Portland?
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farty
February 12th, 2008 at
1:54 am
i feel dirty just looking at the pics
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Vako
February 12th, 2008 at
2:21 am
Gosh. Nice idea and good for them, the are obviousely very functional homeless people. Alot of Homeless are not functional enough to organize and maintain like that. I bet the place smells like ass, though.
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ted
February 12th, 2008 at
2:27 am
Basically, they’re living in squalor.
If they’re that good at organization, why can’t they get a real place to live up and running?
60 people with 60 incomes would have a lot of buying power, if they put their minds to it. -
wntctrlmyslf
February 12th, 2008 at
8:28 am
does this bring john waters’ “desperate living” to anyone else’s mind?
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Colt Seaver
February 12th, 2008 at
10:36 am
Hah. I called the IRS. Tax time, pseudo-functioning citizens!
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twodollars
February 12th, 2008 at
8:52 pm
I live in Vancouver, WA across the river and i’ve walked through there before. Its amazing what a few people can do with whatever they can find. Before the city let them stay there, the people were forced out and the village was bulldozed several times. I was really glad when they allowed them to keep it.
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