The New York Times recently put together a slideshow of pictures taken of a shanty town that has sprung up in the cliffs of Union City, New Jersey. Having grown up right out side of New York City i have often seen similar sights alongside train tracks on my way into the city. Some of the captions indicate that a few of these individuals have ended up in this scenario after seeking to improve their lives by coming to the united states. Right away this made me think of the west african merchants from "Money Has No Smell." It was extremely hard for me to imagine what it would be like to leave my family and friends behind and move to a different part of the world in order to make ends meet.
A Community on the Cliffs - NYTimes
-Tom
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