Gothamist: Housing Too Expensive? Live in a Truck Instead

T

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:49:20 -0500

Never heard of raising funds for an art project? Isn't that what all these shmucks do at parties around the city? Look pretty and smile and hope they like you enough to give you money?

dug

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 13:13:40 -0500

people have been doing this for decades. self-funded.

margo

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:46:15 -0500

Yeah, I don't get why he is asking for donations.

Not Amused

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:52:24 -0500

Smart guy ! I prefer living in a dwelling if you get the point !

robin.g

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:48:02 -0500

I'd rather live in a crappy RV than a really nice bread truck.

Bob

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:29:35 -0500

I have been living in a truck for almost 10 years. I drive it for a living and make the most of it that I can. Earning almost 60K helps. But living in a bread truck in NYC no way. Buy a used RV with verything you would need including shower and toilet.

Adam

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:04:11 -0500

Living in a truck? Seems like he'd be in violation of some sort of city code, no? And with a wood-burning oven? It's only a matter of time before the city comes a knockin' to run him back out of town.

Adam K.

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:01:49 -0500

Living out of a truck? Seems like he'd be in violation of some sort of city code, no? Especially with a wood-burning stove? The city's going to be all over him after this article.

anonymass

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 17:36:14 -0500

@ Adam... So then let him keep saving. Why is he asking for handouts? On what basis? Am I supposed to be impressed that he's able to do what I - and others - have been doing since pre-teen age? I'd be embarrassed to be panhandling (online, no less) to fund upgrades to my living space when there are people living on sidewalks. The sense of entitlement of some of you just floors me.

jammer

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 16:10:58 -0500

if he converted it to biodiesel, then that would be something to champion. this has been done before...

Adam

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:57:25 -0500

ummm...you guys are missing a LOT -- he has all that money because he SAVED it from his salary due to his extremely low rent of $200. I realize the word "SAVE" is not in a lot of people's vocabulary, but we should be congratulating this guy for his ingenuity and creativity.

Reggie Stevens

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:27:29 -0500

He wants us to donate because his trust fund ran out and he can't be hipster and ironic enough just living in a truck. I think he also needs money to buy torn jeans, tight black t-shirts and overspend at shitty billyburg restaurants.

frikin transplants

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:24:04 -0500

He's already have something many Native NY'ers don't, A CAR! the fact that it's his home is moot. He has a car. Oh, and spending $4k to renovate it? where the hell did he get that chunk of change? Go back to where you came from and stop begging.

steve

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:19:46 -0500

"Housing Too Expensive? Live in a Truck Instead" ummm.... no.

Tom

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 13:54:38 -0500

Seriously, what am I missing here? Why should anyone give these people anything? Donate money for what reason? Because living in New York is expensive and hard? Seconded.

grumpy

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 13:40:29 -0500

I am sympathetic to a lot of things... but this is crap. It's not like he was here and lost his job and had the truck and had no choice but to live in it - he physically chose to do this. Why on earth should I offer him a donation? It cost him $2500 to buy the truck. Hundreds of dollars in gas to drive back here. $1200 a year to park it... ...and he's asking for donations BUT he had $4k to sink into renovations??! that $4k could have gotten him a four-room railroad apartment out in bushwick, or somewhere in queens, where rent is $1000-1200 a month. combine the $4k with the cost of the truck, what they pay for parking... Seriously, what am I missing here? Why should anyone give these people anything? Donate money for what reason? Because living in New York is expensive and hard?