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Down And Out In Dot-Com

Posted by: Taub Urban Research Center
Thanks to: Telecom-Cities Research Network Taub Urban Research Center, New York University
14 September 2000 - 10:00am

San Francisco, the dot.com capital of the world, is not just for greedy yuppies. The homeless have their dreams too.

There is a vast army of homeless who now populate the center of San Francisco as the city experiences the boom of the dot.com world. Estimates vary on how many thousand now live rough and hustle on the street but everyone would agree that they are now as much a feature of the city as the cable car and the Golden Gate bridge.

Full Story: Down and Out in Dot-Com
Source: The Guardian Unlimited, September 13, 2000
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