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[motive_nuance]

Reading this Times piece about a freegan commune in Buffalo reminded me of Amsterdam. In one sense, it's a handful of people squatting in the ruins of a once-mighty civilization - a port city now bypassed and forgotten. But they can still sustain a non-impoverished lifestyle from the table scraps of the world that took its place. (In this case,

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[cinnabarine]

It's amazing how feasible it is to live off the scraps of a society's past and current wealth, isn't it? This reminded me of Las Vegas's other seedy underbelly.

[chachachana]

wow. i had no idea homeless people were living under Las Vegas. this article shocked me.

thanks for sharing ~

[cinnabarine]

To be fair, it is from The Sun, which is all about the tabloid shocking. But the story has come up in a few other places as well.

[chachachana]

thanks!

i cross posted all of these in my journal. thanks for sharing ~

[the_macnab]

"Amsterdam"?

[motive_nuance]

Yeah, the city of Amsterdam. Full of imposing stone buildings that say "We are great. We are mighty. We are the center of the world." Except now half of them have been carved up into head shops and stores selling tourist crap.

[the_macnab]

Yikes. You can tell that I grew up in the Rust Belt. I think of that as how cities normally look. Sad, fucked-up cities at that.

[motive_nuance]

I believe you sent me that one before. Was the nut still solid when you were there?

[chachachana]

i thoroughly enjoyed this article! thanks for sharing ~

i've been reading about freeganism for a few years now but this article has the most personal slant to it.