[iowamark]

The unraveling of the region known as the Inland Empire reads like a 21st century version of "The Grapes of Wrath," John Steinbeck's novel about families driven from their lands by the Great Depression.

As more families throw in the towel and head to foreclosure here and across the nation, the social costs of collapse are adding up in the form of higher rates of homelessness, crime and even disease.

While no current residents claim to be victims of foreclosure, all agree that tent city is a symptom of the wider economic downturn. And it's just a matter of time before foreclosed families end up at tent city, local housing experts say.

The facts don't fit our Socialist story, but we'll write it anyway.

[rbg81]

Exactly—this is propaganda masquerading as journalism. The facts (what few there are) in the article contradict the title. Its a sad commentary on modern “journalism” that this ever made it into.