Comments on: Bushwick summer rental: a $100 tent

By: johan

johan — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:15:45 +0000

HI Louis!! i hope it worked out for you the other day– with u-haul and all;) thank you for an excelent ride on the your bus! /Johan from Sweden!

By: Evan Walther

Evan Walther — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:02:02 +0000

I did this in 2007 from August – November, now Joseph, the above commenter has taken over my spot!

By: Joseph Herscher

Joseph Herscher — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:30:44 +0000

I’m doing the same thing! I’ve been in a tent on someone’s deck in Brooklyn for 2 months now. I pay some rent.

There are also roughly 20 couchsurfers staying every night from all over the world in our lounge. Its pretty nuts.

Nice to know I”m not the only one though!

By: god

god — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:38:26 +0000

dude these hipster brahs only care about the tents being pitched in their pants

By: Kate Black

Kate Black — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:56:01 +0000

err… – 1st “never.”

I need coffee.

By: Kate Black

Kate Black — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:54:44 +0000

Ian L, that’s great for you! No offense, but Colorado isn’t NYC. People will put up with all sorts of abusive or bizarre living conditions to live in NYC that we never would never willingly suffer elsewhere. That’s just how awesome this city is.

These kids are awesome! They’re on the forefront of the Hooverville revival.

By: Kevitivity

Kevitivity — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:16:33 +0000

This strikes me a completely moronic thing to do. Looks like they’re in the mud too. At the very least I would recommend that they lay down a layer of bricks under their tents, for drainage.

By: Ian L

Ian L — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:07:47 +0000

I’m getting a disconnect here…$170 tent, Tempur-Pedic mattress inside said tent…$100 per month for renting space in said tent plot…

I suppose it *could* work, but as another commenter mentioned the windter is gonna be interesting.

Then again, I’ll bet this’ll get old really quick. This is the sort of thing someone fifteen years younger would call fun…and do with his daddy.

This is coming from a college student who’s paying $260 plus utilities ($20ish) for his own room in a smallish apartment right next to campus in Colorado. Land values are slightly less ridiculous, so I’m sharing the flat with two or three people, depending on the semester. Since I still get my personal space, my rent won’t go down, but the three other guys’ will…to roughly $165. It’s not NYC, but methinks conditions are a whole lot more liveable there than in this muddy publicity stunt :p

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:51:22 +0000

I think it is cool that they are taking care of themselves in a very simple way. Lighten up with the “stupid Hipster”
comments.

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:52:40 +0000

I agree with the STUPID HIPSTER comments, these guys are just trust fund babies that are looking to be alternative.

Lets see they really survive in the homeless Tent cities under the FDR or abandon MTA tunnels.