Lynn Porter,  there have been poor people forever.  the depression of the 1930's?  people scrimped and saved and wasted nothing.  it was ALL hard to come by.  food, clothing, shelter, bedding...  these camps of craps didn't happen. family took in family - people cared about one another.  the living spaces  may have been rundown but when vacated - not left like these are, full of human waste and god knows what else.