Recession Gothic meets Detroit: the number of unclaimed dead bodies keeps growing in Wayne County's morgue.
The reason for the pile-up is twofold: One, unemployment in the area is approaching 28%, and many people, like the Vickers, can't afford last rites; two, the county's $21,000 annual budget to bury unclaimed bodies ran out in June.
Like Los Angeles. We can track the Great Recession by the way people talk about it in Gothic terms, but we can also check its very Gothic realities.
Note that this is CNN. That news outlet seems to be maintaining its Gothic flair (for example).
(thanks to Todd Bryant)
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