Live like the poor for $82 a night- sort of- disgusting

[EVT1]

Yes- you and a group of friends can live in a fake shantytown in South Africa and experience life as your lessers.  Of course you will be on a private game reserve so you will not have to interact with any actual poor people.  Next up- slum tours in a limo.

www.emoya.co.za/p23/accommodation/shanty-town-for-a-unique-accommodation-experience-in-bloemfontein.html



Just don't know what to say.  Don't know who is worse- the douchebags that made it or the douchebags who would use it.

[Tennesseer]

Now you can experience staying in a Shanty within  the safe environment of a private game reserve. This is the only Shanty Town in the world equipped with under-floor heating and wireless internet access!  

Now that's roughing it.

[DVM gone riding]

What a bizarre idea? The only good I could see is any money being put into the Economy is good if the money isn't harming others or massively destroying the environment which a lot of money in that area is. Who thinks up these things?

[8 Bit WWBG]

Kind of like camping in a camper with satellite TV, warm showers, and a fridge.

[Tennesseer]

Jan 3, 2014 21:50:18 GMT -5 8 Bit WWBG said:

Kind of like camping in a camper with satellite TV, warm showers, and a fridge.

Don't forget a concierge.

[workpublic]

Poverty tourism, also known as “poorism,” isn’t unheard of. There have been various “reality” tours through the slums of Mumbai and Rio de Janeiro’s favelas for years.

newsfeed.time.com/2013/11/29/rich-tourists-now-staying-in-luxury-shanty-towns-so-they-can-pretend-to-be-poor/

the elites are loaded with hubris

[mmhmm]

Umm, I'd really rather not!

[jkapp]

Jan 3, 2014 21:50:18 GMT -5 8 Bit WWBG said:

Kind of like camping in a camper with satellite TV, warm showers, and a fridge.

LOL, that was my first thought too   I have neighbors that go "camping" every summer and spend a day loading crap in their RV.  Umm, I don't think it can be called camping if you just take a miniaturized version of your house with you

A decade or so ago, a bunch of yuppie hipsters in our area wanted to shed light on the plight of the homeless by spending on night on the streets...in a tent, thermos of coffee, portable TV/radio, and travel grill (so, basically, they were tailgating on a sidewalk).  Maybe they could have actually done something for the homeless by just handing out some food and blankets to them?

[8 Bit WWBG]

At least they followed through with it.  I recall an incident in college where some students, irritated at the plight of student housing, were going to spend a night sleeping on the quad in protest that they'd be "homeless".  They never actually went through with it.

[Sum Dum Gai]

I don't really see the problem with the OP.  It's a weird decor choice, but is it really any different than a hostel?  If a "rich" guy stays in a hostel is he pretending to be poor?  When poor people finally save up enough to take the kids to Disneyland they stay at the Motel 6 down the street, not a Disney property.  So is anyone that could afford to stay at Disney but chooses to stay at the Motel 6 instead pretending to be poor and disgusting?

It's a goofy little hotel on a private game reserve.  Yeah, it looks like a shanty town, but has all the amenities you'd want.  So what?  It's no different than those places that have little cabins made from old railroad cars, defunct planes, etc.  It's a goofy look/experience to hook tourists.

[Artemis Windsong]

I agree with Shaun of the Toys formerly Dark Honor. 

There are camp grounds that offer basic housing of 4 walls and an outhouse.  Or a teepee.  Bring your own bed roll.  No electricity, wood heat.  A lot of families unplug from the electronics there.

[Malarky]

I thought this was going to be about housing the homeless in motels...