According to the results of our last survey, at least half of you should be nodding “yes.” For those checking the “hell no” box, consider yourselves lucky, although, completely objectively, the expression on these kids’ faces makes it look like they’re having a pretty good time, which can probably be attributed to DVDA activity going on inside their makeshift homes.
Two NYU grads and a pal who love living in the Big Apple but don’t want to pay its high rents are happy campers — each shells out $100 a month to pitch a tent in a friend’s Brooklyn back yard.
“We’re trying to make ends meet at a time when it’s hard to make ends meet,” said Louis Frank, 22, who set up his $169 waterproof, 4½-foot-by-9-foot tent on a wooden plank in the fenced-in Bushwick back yard on June 1.
“We have parents that could give us money to get an apartment,” the NYU grad told The Post, “but it’s nice to be independent.”
The three one-person tents went up behind an apartment building that has six units. The friend occupies a duplex apartment with five others, said Frank.
It’s early in the morning for DVDA, Bess
what is DVDA?
Living in a tent is the new ‘killing it’
half of BAC should be saying yes.
Not just a tent–a tent in Bushwick! All of these kids are going to get eaten by rats.
Yes, what of it?
-ken griffin
double vagina, double anal? You’re my hero. I will spray paint your name on the AIG building on the way home.
@2. Here, let me google that for you, you lethargic white devil, you.
Double Vagina, Double Anal. Happy?
-TGFHouston
3 Bankers, 1 cup.
Bushwick is full of art school hipster fags.
They dont bathe as is, so how bad could living in a tent outside for them be?
I like how one of the guys threw in “our parents could give us the money for an apartment”, no dude. you’re broke and you live in a tent. the sky is falling in nyc.
-texas
Judging by the genders of those involved, I’m pretty sure that the DV part is impossible, Bess. You are right on wrt to the DA however.
“Their friend Emerson Brown, 22, who attended UC Santa Cruz, is taking a break from school for financial reasons.”
Great Scott.
Judging by the genders of those involved, I’m pretty sure that the DV part is impossible, Bess. You are right on wrt to the DA however.
It amazes me that Bushwick has became Williamsburg East. I remember when it was total ghetto.
What a bunch of losers. At least I live in a van down by the river.
-Wildcard bitches!
Why are they copying everyone in Texas now? Be more original.
@13/15- I think, given what we know of Bess’ humor, that that’s the joke…these guys put the ‘v’ in DVDA.
Nice job 14. I heard he sunk all his tuition money into flux capacitor research.
i got a tent in my pants right now. can’t wait to pound my secretary in the ass.
Why you gotta be ragging on my situation?
-Ken Lewis
They should not have wasted all of their hard earned money on professional anal bleaching. Money management, fellas.
Portnoy
Living in a tent in Bushwick > Charlotte
Better than a tent at a FOB in Afghanistan.
Lots of idiot commentary on here today, more than usual. The BAC and secretary jokes are getting pretty lame as well.
This story is mildly disturbing, this country is going to hell in a hand basket
When asked in a bar where you live, how does this rank vs. “with parents in NJ”?
27 – this is far better from what the ladies say.
Why don’t they just do Dead tour like we did 30 years ago?
I live in Ft Worth and am quite content with my surroundings. Would never consider liver in the NE, way to crowded and douchey.
@26 – Make us laugh then, with a pithy humorous comment.
These guys are chumps. I live on a houseboat in the Gowanus Canal.
prestige
@26- Why don’t you show us what kind of comment would pass your test then, master?
House Boat on Gowanus Canal > With Parents in NJ > Tent in Bushwick in friend’s backyard > Tent in FOB in Afghanistan > Charlotte
@26…this is political correctness gone mad
@26…this is political correctness gone mad
26 It would only be disturbing if this was an early sign of mass homelessness, like the Hoovervilles of the 1930s. This isn’t unemployed breadwinners, but instead a few hipster kids (key words here: “NYU”, “Bushwick” – which you didn’t pick up on, prob cause yr not from NY), fresh out of college having some fun. I’m sure they’ll change their tune no later than when it starts getting cold outside.
I hope the Montauk Monster eats them from the feet up.
@26
Idiotic Commentary? BAC and secretary jokes getting old?
Are we talking about the same site? Has DB ever NOT had these things?
re 27- a better question would be, are is there anything that is worse than “living in nj w the parents”?
is there anything worse than living in nj?
Seems like these guys sure love them some tea bagging action, and not the type the white trash of our great country engaged in a couple months ago
@41
Yes, living where you live with you as a neighbor.
What the hell is a Gowanus?
27 – it doesn’t matter, they aren’t closing the deal with either line.
http://myegotisticalopinion.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/living-color-bh-021_205111133_std.jpg
I got you, you not going anywhere…..
TGFD lives in a formerly bombed-out trailer in Delaware, but it’s better than a tent in Bushwick.
The Guy from Delaware
@44
It’s a “neighborhood”, if you can call it that, near the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, NY. It is one of the most polluted waterways in the United States. Apparently superfund sites have a certain allure to artists, hipsters and other RISofD grads.
“the expression on these kids’ faces makes it look like they’re having a pretty good time, which can probably be attributed to DVDA activity”
The pup pent won’t go up without the morning wood!
Bleached Gowanus!
@46: I voted for her husband
@48
Don’t bring Christian Baha into this!
Also, living in PA is worse than NJ, hands down, and I’m sure there’s oodles of other undesirable locales, but yes, I realize that’s hardly the point.
Gowanus is the worst. Then comes Somalia.
I still don’t get what the problem here is?
- KLewis
The kids aren’t doing it because they don’t have other options. They want to stay in NYC and they are doing it to tell a story…I’m sure this will get old when the fellow hipster chicks balk at the idea of getting jiggy in a one person tent in Brooklyn.
If they start bathing in potholes, kick them to Mumbai.
we can always count on SBII to chime in with the racist sentiment, no matter the post.
Louis Ziccareli would never do this.
@26
yeah right…two grad students who want to live in NY but *don’t* want to pay the rent? Clearly the apocalypse is upon us.
I want to punch all of them in the face.
There must be a lot of jobless losers here. Any of you getting laid?
@61- what a searing zing.
true 52…the only thing worse than living in NJ is living in any other state except NYC
I know many jobless girls who are fucking guys left and right for free dinners.
I haven’t gotten laid in 4 months now. It is very tough trying to pick up chicks when you have no money to throw at them. I feel depressed and hardly go out anymore.
@65- You’re going to make me cry. Want a hug?
–chick reader
@66
he doesnt need a hug he needs a blowjob you bitch
@67- how do you know it won’t lead to that, you dick?
-CR
Many girls I know who are unemployed: dinners out every night and weekend brunches at Merkato.
Most dudes I know who are unemployed: sitting around couch all day or “traveling”
Very different dynamics along the gender line
Guest@#65…
“It is very tough trying to pick up chicks when you have no money to throw at them.”
Where are you going to look for chicks?
Please don’t be discouraged; just ask, and TGFD will give you a few suggestions that always work, if they are properly applied.
The Guy from Delaware
It’s not just money. I managed to save up enough to last 2 years without changing my lifestyle much (e.g. just cocktails instead of bottles).
Despite that I can tell the chicks losing interest almost immediately when I tell them that I am “taking time off.” I can still buy them drinks and dinners. Should I just lie?
BTW, i am a different guest from 65. I can empathize with him definitely
Middle finger in her anus*, thumb next door. If you can snap your fingers DO NOT buy dinner.
*bleached or not
@64 where are they at, i still got one
@71- do you find that reaction from females across the board? or is it just stuck up bitches? if so, don’t lie, just hit on more quality women.
Guest@#74…
Here’s a chick who likes money, but she’s probably not a good dating prospect, especially if you let her get near any expensive jewellery.
http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=414632>1=28101
The Guy from Delaware
Merkato is the place to be!
Finance guys still rule!
@68
sugar lets meet up and see what it leads to, perhaps, a dirty pirate?
@76
you should get a permaban for posting that link
Guest@#79…
The post wasn’t a good idea, and TGFD should not have done it. My apologies to the DB community.
The Guy from Delaware
@65 Mrs. Madoff is lonely. Just add lube.
@78- My offer is only sympathy sex for 65.
–66/chick reader
I respect you guys for living that way. I myself lived in a tent for 7 months. During the winter, but our winters are mild. I can only imagine what winters are like in Brooklyn. Your lucky to have parents that can help you. I learned a lot about myself while living in a tent. I finished that semester of college, I would read a lot, be working, or just outside hiking around. I also paid off a lot of debt since I had no rent to pay. I caught myself up in the game of life.
female, 22 years old