Interesting article on Nomadic lifestyle

valhalla360 wrote:

Fizz wrote:
I'm reading the book now, depressing as h*ll
Nothing wrong with the writing or the author. She has camped alongside some of these people and documented their condition and how they got there. So far it's mostly about the crash of 2008, divorces, illness that contributed to their current plight.
These are hard working people that do what they can to find work, not hand outs.

It's about the message, not the messenger.

So did she do any systematic community wide surveys or just a few anecdotes?

I don't doubt there are people in a tough position and some after doing everything right.

What I do question is if they are cherry picking examples because doom & gloom sells.

Of course, this is where an actual journalist doing their job would highlight if there is solid data backing the assertions.

Again, there is a difference between the article and the book. The BOOK may very well have done all this - but the ARTICLE is poorly written because it doesn't provide any actual information that the reader can use to understand how the author of the book made the assertions.

The ARTICLE is not even as well written as a 1st grade book report.