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Shantytown in New York City, Great Depression, 1935 (media.kbin.social)
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[-] RampageDon@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

Those shanties are probably more structurally sound than some of the cardboard and paper they throw up in 2 days and call luxury apartments.

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