Homeless shamble back after city cleans up site

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By Allison Schaefers

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 21, 2013

~~<p>Homeless people were moving back to their home turf across the street from the Hawai‘i Convention Center, less than an hour after a city sweep of stored belongings reduced their Hooverville-style shantytown to about four people.</p>
<p>John Lane, a 53-year-old homeless man who moved to Hawaii from Alaska about a year ago, ate a melted energy bar and contemplated how much effort to put into moving his pile of belongings on Wednesday.</p>
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Homeless people were moving back to their home turf across the street from the Hawai‘i Convention Center, less than an hour after a city sweep of stored belongings reduced their Hooverville-style shantytown to about four people.

John Lane, a 53-year-old homeless man who moved to Hawaii from Alaska about a year ago, ate a melted energy bar and contemplated how much effort to put into moving his pile of belongings on Wednesday. Login for more...