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It's a classic New York story: Some people shoved a mattress in a hole cut in a wall, then put the space for rent ($35) on Craigslist. One person who looked at the mattress was a man named Drew, who didn't want his last name published.

"I was actually surprised with the amount of places that fall into that category kind of like 'I'll rent a corner,' " said Drew Hart, who answered the ad. "I went to look at a place recently in Queens; I wasn't aware until I got there that it was a cloth shower curtain separating part of the living room."

Guess writer Janny Scott won't go to jail to protect her sources.

Talk About Renting a Hole in the Wall [NYT]