If you saw this image...

[Gonz]

would your first thought be....(see poll)

http://209.17.95.115/images2/familiesCar220x248.gif

[freako104]

a family driving through the shitty part of town

[Oz]

The way they are gormlessly staring out of the window........I'd say a family that needs to get out more :eh:

Nice car tho'......good colour

[Professur]

First thought? The City of Mtl would probably cough up a million and put that in the museum of modern art.

[tonksy]

...if you made the one on the far right a one-story and took the others away and planted azaleas it'd be my house...looks like "pouchet town" :)

[Gonz]

8 votes for "NOTA" & 4 replies is enough...now here's the story

Some New York elementary school students are learning the typical home in an American city is the back seat of a car parked next to a boarded-up, graffiti-riddled apartment building.

The lesson is featured in a book by Arthur Dorros entitled ''This Is My House.''

''My family is staying in our car,'' reads the book. ''We will move into a house when we can.'' The illustration shows a destitute mother and two children living in a car parked near a burned-out tenement and an empty lot with an old tire. The page is labeled ''USA.''

WND (http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36656)

[chcr]

State Sen. Martin Golden, a Brooklyn Republican, wants the book pulled from schools.

Bad idea. Instead, maybe we should teach the children why that is incorrect.

''Urban stereotypes and illiteracy should not be tolerated in our schools."

Wait, it's in a book, right? With an explanation meant to be read?

[AlladinSane]

I voted Homelesness in America because I thought you were lookingfior one of the first answers...
Shitty buildings exist in every part of the world, but only in Amercia you would see a car of that size running around :D

[Leslie]

geez...from that i got kids sad cause they were moving away from their neighbourhood :confuse3:

[unclehobart]

I voted Homelesness in America because I thought you were lookingfior one of the first answers...
Shitty buildings exist in every part of the world, but only in Amercia you would see a car of that size running around :D
That was my thought exactly. It had to be an American scene because the car is a monster 4 door town car. The european set that can afford 4 door car wouldn't be near that part of town.

[A.B.Normal]

I chose "none of the above" .They look more lost i.e. out of their element than "homeless",but maybe I misunderstood the question.

[drkavnger99]

I answered NOTA because to me it looked as if they were gawking at the scene around them so I was thinking it was just some ppl traveling through a typical rural city!

[Inkara1]

Ah, it appears AlladinSane and unclehobart are on the exact same wavelength as I am as far as this picture goes.