Urban America

Urban America, The Great Depression.

This is an image of the government providing free meals to people that could not provide food for their families or themselves after losing their jobs in The Great Depression. 

Urban America, The Recent Recession.

This is an image of job seekers waiting to attend a job fair in Brooklyn, New York City in 2010.

The Great Depression and The Great Recession both hit the United States of America incredibly hard. With huge numbers of people out of work and unable to find a job with a stable income. During the 1930s it got so bad that people could barely afford to eat, so the government opened kitchens to provide food to the homeless and to people who had recently lost their jobs.

From the images I have chosen you can see the difference in mentality. During the recent recession people were more adamant to find more work as soon as possible, instead of just looking for somewhere to help provide food. Finding another job was the peoples first decision, regardless of what job it was as there were so little jobs to be had.