Hobos in Hipsterville
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- TheBlueOne
Hahaha....Williamsburg invaded by homeless heroin trust fund babies. Hipster families are going into bourgeois rage over it...
" 'It's like St. Marks in the '70s,' said Williamsburg activist Philip DePaolo, referring to the notorious East Village hangout. 'It's the bad old days all over again. There's crack and heroin all over the neighborhood.'
The squatters, from middle-class families, hop freight trains to the city, where they can earn up to $150 a day panhandling in Manhattan. At night, like plenty of other borough commuters, they return to their homes: grubby hideaways inside boarded-up lots that pock the once-booming neighborhood.
The vagrants - who also call themselves "crusty punks" - swarmed into Williamsburg this spring, drawn by open-minded young people and vacant lots."
- lvl_130
the only thing that picture is missing is their token dog. fucking gutter punks.
- I saw this in the actual paper this morning. Picture had dog & mandolin.TheBlueOne
- of course it did! every time we pass a duo (human+dog) my wife wants to take the dog home with us.lvl_13
- you should let her
flashbender - :)lvl_13
- foreverwhatever0
my neighborhood here in Chicago (wicker park) is having the exact same problem. we call em crusties. they line milwaukee ave, near the four corners with their cleverly written signs and their reductive color palette of muddy browns
- *chuckles @ "reductive color palette of muddy browns"TheBlueOne
- locustsloth0
"hop freight trains to the city, where they can earn up to $150 a day panhandling in Manhattan."
Holy fuck!!!
*hops next train
- kona0
*books flight
- e-pill0
i have been noticing a lot of syringes lying around the streets lately, heroin seems to be heavy in the neighborhood.. rather scary times for everyone here...
- 23kon0
time to clean up the streets
- 23kon0
theres a lady that lives near me who lives in quite a nice Mews Cottage, i've seen her out begging in edinburgh city centre a few times.
if you had the bottle to do this then you could easily make a fair wack each day from begging to tourists in the touristy areas.
I used to go out with a lass who'd make a few hundred quid each day from busking with her violin.
- GeorgesII0
Heroine is back,
*looks up
- e-pill0
the other sick thing is if they are squatting in "stalled" projects, here in williamsburg is an endless amount of those... all i see is construction sites half complete.... it really makes the neighborhood feel crap and ugly..
- GeorgesII0
The day I found myself pennyless and alone, I stopped complaining about hobos.
nothing better than a good glass of reality to put yourself in check. don't complain too much about them because in 6 months you may end up in their shoes.- I'm talking about the hard working person that lost everything, not the hipster oneGeorgesII
- e-pill0
this year i lost everything as i had an accident that kept me in bed for 2+ months then close to 3 months of physical therapy... my entire savings gone paying off hospital and physical therapy bills rent taxes... fuck!!!! spent close to $23K in bills for doctors as i didnt have any insurance... fucking insurances!!!
its been about almost 1 month since i got the green light to get work from my doctor and therapist but i haven't been able to find anything...
my rent is $2K oi fucking hell!!!
i need a job!!!anyone want to help me out??
anyone...?
- are you for real? what do you do?GeorgesII
- yet you can afford internet?********
- its difficult i get a freelance here and there... pays a month and then im freaking..e-pill
- internet is $50 it doesnt compare to food rent life...e-pill
- i do product development for the fashion/ accessory industry.e-pill
- well thats your problem... the fashion industry pays shiiiiiit********
- Have you tried Italy or Spain, I always get email from zara
last one: https://www.inditexj…GeorgesII - um id have to say the fashion industry pays triple your industry.e-pill
- its just not much workout there now with poor sales from stores.e-pill
- hmmm... except i acually prolly make triple what you do ha********
- yes perhaps now you do.... since im unemployed..e-pill
- i worked in fashion... then got out cause of the long hours and poor benefits********
- ive been in fashion for 12 years.
e-pill - what do you do?e-pill
- I'm an in-house designer now... 9-5 is the way to go********
- oh i am a fulltimer. only freelance now that the market is slow.e-pill
- fulltime in the fashion industry = 10am - 11pm********
- wait...you're fulltime yet you need a job? what's up e? lose that apt. get a cheaper pad man!zenmasterfoo
- Eddie,
Oh no! I dodn't know it was that bad! I have some friends in fashion, maybe they can help. In the mean time I'll buy you dinner and some beers, lets set a date for a QBN meet up!woodyBatts - yes losing the apt seems like its going to happen... but not by choice.. and woody thanks!e-pill
- um Etype what company allowed you to enter at 10am? thats unheard of.e-pill
- Dude, I'll take you to dinner one night...TheBlueOne
- thanks blue!! appreciate that.e-pill
- GB65********
- for me fashion always was 830am til 6pm. in asia its 7am til 2am which is like 2 days...e-pill
- this GB65? http://www.giovannib…
what is it they do? nice pics..e-pill - that is the one.... they do a lot of different stuff... but mostly retouching and "idea books"********
- i design bags.e-pill
- ********0
yes they are all around here! they try to get into my building at night... cause only the top floors are finished...
- you have a top floor huh? me2!!
penthouse!!! nyc style walkup!!e-pill - we prolly live in the same building... or you are that kid that asked me aobut my building the other day on that sweet bike haha********
- sweet bike********
- we arent in the same area. you are in greenpoint.e-pill
- im near the bridge... with waterfront view of manhattan.e-pill
- ya i looked at tiny places over there********
- 475 kent?soynutz7
- banker st********
- i dont think my space is tiny.. its a small loft yes, but larger than other apts...e-pill
- i live near the surf shop off kent.e-pill
- mines pretty big... with private roof access********
- but i alot of the building is not fisnished yet either...********
- i have a roof deck too!!e-pill
- you have a top floor huh? me2!!
- isakosmo0
went to williamsburg for the first time this weekend, thought it was ok in an average way, but waaaay too many hipsters, bit like shoreditch now, full of cants unfortunately.
- robotron3k0
I wonder what's wrong with San Francisco???
- ********0
"The girls here like it that I'm dirty and I ride trains," he added.
hahaha
- ismith0
Those aren't crust punks... anyways, the whole panhandling deal works better if you're younger. I made about $60 in one hour (with no effort either) in Manhattan, but likely because I just looked like a ragged kid. And this idea– of invading Williamsburg in this way– actually seems like an ingenius idea, even though I'd be pissed if I lived there.. I have an idea but I have to shower and go to work so later dudes
- boobs0
The best way to avoid them is to just stay in the limo.
