Down And Out In Dot-Com

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

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September 14, 2000, 10:00 AM PDT

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.

Thanks to Telecom-Cities Research Network Taub Urban Research Center, New York University

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Wednesday, September 13, 2000 in The Guardian Unlimited

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