A Nice Place to Furnish, But You Wouldn't Want to Live There
Former Nervester Grant Stoddard recounts a recent day spent prowling the streets in a New York-funded U-Haul, finding sufficient castoffs to fully furnish a one-bedroom apartment.
A found treasure speaks of more than just one's thriftiness; its presence in your house says that you and the city have a symbiotic relationship. You are living off the fat of the land. And the land in this city, particularly at this time of year, can be very fat indeed.
He spent a grand total of $402, and he put together a pretty decent pad. The key, however, is that it's a borrowed pad: young Stoddard won't be around with the bedbugs take over.
And trust us — because we once lived through the lesbians next door bringing home a newly scavenged sofa — the bedbugs will take over.
