#29: The People in the Tunnels
People have started living in four tunnels under the railroad tracks in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood. City officials say most of them are drug users who've been unwilling to go into treatment, and prefer life under the tracks to a shelter. The city wants them gone, so Pat Loeb (https://twitter.com/PatLoeb) went to ask the people living there why they're staying. Pat's article on the people living under the tunnels: [https://kywnews.radio.com/articles/unusual-community-springs-philadelphias-opioid-epidemic] Scroll Down is hosted by Tom Rickert in the KYW Newsradio studios in Philadelphia Follow the podcast on Twitter (https://kywnews.radio.com/articles/unusual-community-springs-philadelphias-opioid-epidemic) Follow Tom on Twitter (https://twitter.com/teerick) See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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