Within the Deep underground city of Las Vegas,’ the popular strip of shining lights is situated in a filthier labyrinth of the earth, flood tunnels. More than 200 miles of flood tunnels provide shelter to a hidden community of about 1,000 people who don’t have a home, making out a living in the strip’s frightening underbelly. These people have made this filthier way of making a living their way of life, and the shocking part is they don’t think it’s important to change because this ain’t making them die or for that matter anyone by living below the Las Vegas Strip.
Although there are risks from contagious disease, deadly poisonous spiders, and floods washing it all away, a lot of people, have put set up their descriptive camps accompanied by furniture, ornaments, and shelves accompanied with their stuff.
Few among these people are Steven who along with his partner Kathryn, have decorated their home with furniture and with utmost care. Their home, around 400sq ft ‘house’ has a double bed, and a wardrobe, including a bookshelf.
Tunnel residents have designed wardrobes to keep their clothes and preserved furniture to eventually turn this dark world more homely.
The majority of those who live here are the people who don’t have a job, war veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress, addiction, including criminals.
These people make an income from the luxurious city above by the way of begging, “dumpster diving”, raiding bins and skipping. Few of them work, in quite well-paid jobs in hotels and such stuff.
Here is one such resident capturing a picture together with her belongings. There are times when people are forced to do what they are doing, and this is one such case.
It’s difficult to believe that a situation like this exists out there in such luxurious cities of the world. Who of us would have thought, that people do live in these dark, filthy tunnels in the city of Las Vegas tunnels. It’s kind of heartbreaking that we all live in a place where these people go unnoticed. This homeless community of people is rising each year and it all depends on us to arrive at a permanent solution so that these people are not forced to sleep in the underground tunnels of our cities.
