Tent City, USA Documentary Analysis

Tent City, USA is a documentary filmed in 2012, about the homeless community in Nashville, Tennessee. In this documentary it showcases an anecdote about the residents that lived in Tent City, located under a bridge owned by the Tennessee Department of Transportation. For 20 years, it has been a placed called home, in which it provided a community like setting that many enjoyed. Residents of Tent City had to follow the strict rules, which prohibited drugs. This place also provided a safe resident for women, since it had security around the clock. Before the flood in May of 2010, up to 90 residents called this place home. Tennessee has declared the area now uninhabited because the earth absorbed the hazardous flood water. This was very devastating to this community of homeless in Nashville. According to the film, Nashville is 30% higher than the national average. Many people of Nashville want all the homeless to go away, but forcing them to leave is not the solution.
The homeless community in Nashville needs more affordable housing opportunity and a permanent location for a community, like Tent City. This place provides a …show more content…
For instance, multiple state and federal programs have to be funded by donations and tax payers. Some of these programs include shelters, day centers, soup kitchens, medical services, and child care. Not enough money is spent on the homeless, on average it is about three billion dollars a year, but it still isn’t enough for the demand. Most conservatives just see the homeless as a nuisance. Each time a homeless person is given a ticket for loitering it cost the city will have to bear the costs. Homelessness has a big impact on the environment. Without an adequate place to dispose human waste the encampments become hazardous. Water ways are at risk of being polluted and ecosystem can be destroyed. The amount homeless in our nation is not decreasing at