List of tent cities in the United States
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This is a list of notable tent cities in the United States. A tent city is an encampment or housing facility made using tents or other temporary structures.
Contents
- 1 Named
- 2 Location of current tent cities by States
- 2.1 Alabama
- 2.2 California
- 2.3 Colorado
- 2.4 Florida
- 2.5 Georgia
- 2.6 Illinois
- 2.7 Indiana
- 2.8 Iowa
- 2.9 Kansas
- 2.10 Louisiana
- 2.11 Maine
- 2.12 Maryland
- 2.13 Massachusetts
- 2.14 Michigan
- 2.15 Mississippi
- 2.16 Nevada
- 2.17 New Hampshire
- 2.18 New Jersey
- 2.19 New Mexico
- 2.20 New York
- 2.21 Oregon
- 2.22 Tennessee
- 2.23 Texas
- 2.24 Washington
- 3 Other
- 4 References
- 5 External links
Named
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Side Street in Dignity Village, Portland, Oregon
- Camp Hope, Las Cruces, New Mexico [1]
- Camp Quixote, Olympia, Washington State[2]
- Camp Take Notice, Ann Arbor, Michigan[3]
- Dignity Village, Portland, Oregon
- Opportunity Village, Eugene, Oregon
- Maricopa County Sheriff's Tent City, Phoenix, Arizona
- New Jack City and Little Tijuana, Fresno, California[2]
- Nickelsville, located in Seattle[2][4]
- Right 2 Dream Too, Portland, Oregon[5]
- River Haven,[6] Ventura County, California[7][8]
- Safe Ground, Sacramento, California[2]
- The Jungle, San Jose, California[2]
- Temporary Homeless Service Area (THSA), Ontario, California[2]
- Tent City (100+ residents) of Lakewood, New Jersey[9][10]
- Tent City, Avenue A and 13th Street, Lubbock, Texas[11]
- Tent City, New Jersey forest[12]
- Tent City, Bernalillo County, New Mexico[13]
- Tent City, banks of the American River, Sacramento, California[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
- Tent City 3, Seattle
- Tent City, Chicago, Illinois [1]
- Tent City 4, eastern King County outside of Seattle
- The Point, where the Gunnison River and Colorado River meet[23]
- The Village of Hope and Community of Hope, Fresno, California[2]
- Transition Park, Camden, New Jersey
- Tent City, Fayette County, Tennessee, [2]
- Camp Unity Eastside, Woodinville, WA [3]
- China Hat Road, Bend, Oregon
Location of current tent cities by States
Alabama
- Hunstville
- Mobile
California
- Long Beach
- Ontario (no longer active)
- Venice
- Ventura
- San Jose
- Santa Cruz
- Slab City
Colorado
- Dansbury
Florida
- Clearwater, Pinellas County
Georgia
- Athens
Savannah has 4
Illinois
- Champaign
- Chicago
Indiana
- Indianapolis
- Bloomington
Iowa
- Des Moines
Kansas
- Topeka
Louisiana
- Baton Rouge
Maine
- Skowhagen
Maryland
- Baltimore
Massachusetts
- Cambridge
- Brockton
- Lowell
Michigan
- Grand Rapids
- Ann Arbor
Mississippi
- Jackson
- Tupelo
- Biloxi
Nevada
- Reno Area 51
New Hampshire
- Keene
New Jersey
- Camden
- Lakewood
- Tom's River
New Mexico
- Las Cruces
- Bernalillo County
New York
Oregon
- Dignity City
Tennessee
- Nashville
Texas
- Amarillo
- Dallas
- Lubbock
Washington
- King County
- Seattle
- Olympia
- Puyallup
- Spokane
Other
- St. Vincent de Paul property, Fourth Avenue North, Saint Petersburg, Florida
- Downtown Reno, by some railroad tracks.[24]
References
- ↑ Hope Village Las Cruces
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Tent Cities in America: A Pacific Coast Report". National Coalition for the Homeless. Accessed February 2012.
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External links
- Tent City Urbanism From Tent Cities to Tiny House Villages
- Safe Ground Sacramento
- Tent Cities in America, a report from nationalhomeless.org
- List of tent cities at Wikidot
