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Tent Cities and Seattle's Growing Homeless Population

Tent Cities and Seattle’s Growing Homeless Population

Even as shiny skyscrapers pop up all around Seattle, a second city of tarps and cardboard is booming

You probably see them all over. Bands of tents set down in a wooded area, flashes of blue tarp dangling from a freeway overpass, or clusters of cardboard wrestled into shapes that will provide some kind of shelter. They’re small, ad hoc camps of homeless people, and their numbers are growing. This year’s One Night…

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