{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "So what is it with tents that make them the big homeless thing now? I mean, \"a tent as a means of shelter for outdoor living\"...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/680466514228461568/", "html": "<p>So what is it with tents that make them the big homeless thing now? I mean, &ldquo;a tent as a means of shelter for outdoor living&rdquo; existed in the Depression, but Hoovervilles were <i>shanty</i>towns. Thinking of the iconic imagery of &lsquo;80s-'90s urban homelessness, you might have built cardboard shelters, or mats atop steam grates, or refuse fires in a metal barrel, but I don&rsquo;t remember <i>tents</i></p>"}