3.라스베가스 지하 하수도에 거주하는 사람들

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1,000 people live in Las Vegas sewers

2010-11-05 15:32

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(Austin Hargrave)

About 300 kilometers of complicated sewers lie beneath the glittering lights of Las Vegas. Inhabited by rodents and spiders, the tunnels are also home to 1,000 people, according to news reports.

One couple, Steven and Kathryn, has their underground home furnished with a double bed, a wardrobe and even a bookshelf, which they picked up from what other people threw away.

They have been living underground for five years since Steven lost his job because of a heroin addiction. Although he is clean now, he still doesn’t have a job. The couple survives by “credit hustling” in casinos, picking the chips accidentally left behind in slot machines.

“I heard Las Vegas was a good place for jobs,” another resident said. “But it was tough and we started living under the staircase outside the MGM casino.”

The residents came to live underground after meeting others who already had their home in the tunnels.

Mathew O’Brien, a reporter who was researching a murder case, stumbled across the tunnel people and has set up “The Shine a Light Foundation” to help.

He published a book on the tunnel people called “Beneath the Neon” in 2007 to reveal the lives of people living underneath the city.

CityCenter, a 67-acre project next to Bellagio on the Las Vegas Strip, is an ambitious array of art and architecture. (MCT)

To read the full story and see photos: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1326187/Las-Vegas-tunnel-people-How-1-000-people-live-shimmering-strip.html#


By Lee Woo-young (wylee@heraldm.com)

<한글 요약>

라스베가스 지하 하수도에 거주하는 사람들

화려한 도시 라스베가스 지하 하수도에 약 천 명의 사람들이 거주하고 있는 것으로 밝혀져 충격을 주고 있다. 거주민들은 각자의 사연을 가지고 있으며 먼저 살던 거주자들의 소개를 받아 온 사람들도 있다. 

지하 하수도 거주민 중 한 부부는 다른 사람들이 내다버린 가구를 모아 번듯한 방을 만들었으며, 남편이 마약 중독으로 인해 직장에서 해고를 당한 뒤 5년간 라스베가스 지하에서 살고 있다고 했다. 이들은 직장이 없이 근처 카지노 슬롯머신에 사람들이 실수로 두고간 칩들을 모아 근근이 생활을 이어가고 있다고 한다.

한편, 매튜 오브라이언이라는 기자는 살인사건을 조사하던 중에 라스베가스 지하 터널에 사는 사람들을 발견했고, 그 후 이들을 돕기 위한 재단을 설립하고 2007년에는 ‘네온불빛 아래서(Beneath the Neon)’ 이라는 책을 출간하여 이들을 세상에 알린바 있다.