Google "tent cities": http://www.google.com/search?q=tent%20cities http://www.google.com/search?q=tent%20cities And the reason you don't see it every day? The

Google "tent cities": http://www.google.com/search?q=tent%20cities http://www.google.com/search?q=tent%20cities And the reason you don't see it every day? The criminalization of homelessness: http://www.google.com/search?q=criminalization%20homelessness http://www.google.com/search?q=criminalization%20homelessnes... The cushion is slightly greater because the lifestyles before this depression were higher than in the Great Depression (e.g. people have tents), there are more laws to protect lessees from landlords, and, of course, many people have credit. But those are just cushioning. Cushioning slows the fall, it doesn't stop it. It seems like about 25% of all children live in poverty - and the US' lines for poverty are lower than in many other countries: http://www.google.com/search?q=US%20percentage%20of%20children%20in%20poverty http://www.google.com/search?q=US%20percentage%20of%20childr...