Stanley Smith, 60, sits outside his tent at Camp Hope in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Oct. 5, 2015. He has lived at the site, an "alternative transitional living project for the homeless," since 2011.
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Lovenia Evans, who is pregnant, by her tent between two freeways in Washington D.C., Nov. 16, 2015. "This is my second week in this tent, it's better to be here than laying on the street or sidewalk,” she says.
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Buzz Chevara, 56, at SHARE/WHEEL Tent City 4, Oct. 9, 2015. "The concept of tent city means community, safety and a place to be where nobody is going to harass or hurt you in the middle of the night," he says.
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Kalaniopua Young, 32, originally from Hawaii, at SHARE/WHEEL Tent City 3, Oct. 12, 2015. "This is a choice I made to live here. I was lonely and depressed living in an apartment,” she says.
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