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    New Depression Trendwatch: Suddenly It's Cool to Live Like a Homeless Person

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    Image of SeaBassTian SeaBassTian
    04/11/09

    In reply to New Depression Trendwatch: Suddenly It's Cool to Live Like a Homeless Person
    The sentence "She knows whereof she blogs." should never appear in the Old Gray Lady. It sounds like a Juno quote.
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    04/11/09

    In reply to New Depression Trendwatch: Suddenly It's Cool to Live Like a Homeless Person
    Yay, Teh Poors win! Now, how much did we win?
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    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    04/11/09

    In reply to New Depression Trendwatch: Suddenly It's Cool to Live Like a Homeless Person
    But why should people who don't like to spend a lot of money be happy that everyone else has been brought low?


    I don't have an answer to it, but i seem to be married to one of those. He's actually happy the real estate market in our area has imploded. OK, sure, bubbles are bad, but each of those "for sale" signs probably has a sad story behind it, and i just don't think chortling will teach American consumers a "lesson."

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    Image of Ken Elwell Ken Elwell
    04/11/09

    In reply to New Depression Trendwatch: Suddenly It's Cool to Live Like a Homeless Person
    Whatever. I was living like that before it was cool, so there.
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    Image of SarahHeartburn SarahHeartburn
    04/11/09

    @Ken Elwell: Um, if you work in education, health and social services, you'v always been a cheapskate. By necessity. One more NYT story about the cuteness of poor and I'll gnaw on Sulzberger's ankles.
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    04/11/09

    In reply to New Depression Trendwatch: Suddenly It's Cool to Live Like a Homeless Person
    I'm enjoying this," said Becky Martin, 52, who has cut up her 10 credit cards, borrows movies from the library instead of renting them, and grows her own fruits and vegetables - even though her family is comfortable."


    Did she bother to pay them off before she cut them up?


    And who wouldn't be comfortable being a trust-fundian "real estate investor" married to a plastic surgeon?


    NYTimes has outdone itself in stupidity.

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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    04/11/09

    In reply to New Depression Trendwatch: Suddenly It's Cool to Live Like a Homeless Person
    I applaud the innovative angle that this post takes on The Hugest Economic Story Of Our Time.


    Although I'm actually quite sympathetic to the reverse snobs, at least for a while. After all, we root heartily if illogically for our theories regarding our hometown sports teams -- We're Number One! -- to be validated. So it seems at least as reasonable to derive satisfaction from seeing one's economic theories proved true.


    And if you disagree with me, I'll suggest that it's just because your star wideout chose this season to shoot himself in the leg at a nightclub.

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