ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 9月16日 02時19分

“I remember some nights being so hungry that you’re eating ketchup or mustard out of the containers.” Dante Whitfield has come a long way in 9 years. When we spoke with him in 2009, he was jobless and soon to be homeless, sleeping on friends’ couches and living on the McDonald’s Value Menu. Today, Dante, 44, is a real estate agent in Tacoma, Washington. For the first time in more than a decade, he’s planning for the future. Before he was laid off in 2007, he said, saving was never on his mind. “I just took it for granted.” But for 2 years, he was mostly unemployed. At one point he worked 3 jobs that together paid just $500 a week. In January, though, he got his broker’s license and quickly built a client base. “These other Realtors don’t know what being starving is, what being homeless is,” he said. “It gives me an advantage.” Now, he’s sticking to a budget and making backup plans — just in case. “I’ve learned my lesson,” said Dante, who was photographed here by @ross_man_tle. | We interviewed hundreds of people during the Great Recession. Recently, we spoke with 5 of them again. Visit the link in our profile to read their stories.

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