以下两张照片，不是大萧条时候的历史老照片，而是2008年的照片。第一幅，是排队在教堂门口等候派免费餐的人龙；第二幅，曾经是号称全美最大的MALL，如今空空荡荡，无限悲凉。

  图片来源：TIME

Cleveland, Ohio
March 11, 2008
People wait in line for the daily free food distribution at Mount Haven Baptist Church's hunger center in central Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio
March 28, 2008
Once said to be the largest mall in the United States, the Randell Park Mall is all but closed due to violence, bad maintenance, poor business, and the current mortgage crisis. The vast cavernous atriums remain dark as only a handfull of people roam the mall.