“Diane” has lived in the tunnels since 2004, and now lives alone while her boyfriend serves time in prison for drug possession. "I have everything I need here, it’s not too bad.” she says. With a queen size mattress elevated with old shopping carts, she remains relatively dry from the occasional water runoff. The 30 foot stretch of black wall leading to her sleeping area is splattered white, reminiscent of a primitive Jackson Pollack painting. “That’s my toothpaste. I spit it out on the wall every morning and I guess it kind of became a piece of art”. Hundreds of homeless live off the grid in
“Diane” has lived in the tunnels since 2004, and now lives alone while her boyfriend serves time in prison for drug possession. "I have everything I need here, it’s not too bad.” she says. With a queen size mattress elevated with old shopping carts, she remains relatively dry from the occasional water runoff. The 30 foot stretch of black wall leading to her sleeping area is splattered white, reminiscent of a primitive Jackson Pollack painting. “That’s my toothpaste. I spit it out on the wall every morning and I guess it kind of became a piece of art”. Hundreds of homeless live off the grid in the 200 miles of flood tunnels directly beneath the glitz, glamour, and high rollers of the Las Vegas Strip casinos.
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