Wow, kids are pitching tents just to be able to stay here

And Mrs. Cleaver brings them milk and sandwiches in the mid-afternoon, and then they go back to what they were doing.

Maybe those roof rights will be worth something after all.

i've got to wonder what the other tenants in the building think of this subletting situation.

They're not subletting -- they're owners. They bought their tents for a nice multiple of their Walmart value at the very expensive REI, or whatever it's called.

something akin to an RV park. yes, i see. this could do very well in California, i think. giving homeowners a monthly boost, and providing tent owners with inexpensive ground upon which to pitch.

In Cairo, they pitch their tents in the cemeteries. Brooklyn's a close second.

This hurt my heart.
I did my education in Manhattan and lived low...very low...never tent low.

Two tents walk into a psychiatrists office, I'm a Wigwam, I'm a Teepee,I'm a Wigwam, I'm a Teepee.

The Doctor said," Relax your two tents".
(I think my grandma would boo that joke!)

falco, your spelling error adds a curious twist to that joke, relying as it does on a spelling error.

FINALLY! Now I can make some money off of my backyard in NJ. Maybe I can go post some fliers at Rutgers and Seton Hall for some tenants.

They'll eagerly await your return home each evening, alpine.

where will your tenants poop?

too bad my backyard is tiny. If only I had bought a house in the middle of nowhere with an acre of land, I could turn the backyard into a tent subdivision.

they'll poop in the hallways of Stuvyestant of course!

"They're not subletting -- they're owners. They bought their tents for a nice multiple of their Walmart value at the very expensive REI, or whatever it's called."

Technically, they are land-lease owners, just like owners in a land-lease building as they do not own the land that their tent sits on.

that's not too convenient then alpie. i think you're going to lose out on this real estate opportunity as well. any self-respecting tent person is going to chose Brooklyn or even Queens over NJ any day.

hmmm good point. Maybe I can get some tent tenants if I charge $75 instead of $100.

attention all baby boomers: these guys in their tents are supposed to provide for your retirement.

No plobremo -- you can just revoke their trusts, can't you?

you mean "in god we trust"? you really think guys in tents have trusts?

Oy the thought of having to share ONE bathroom with NINE people makes me nauseous!

thought that only latins could pull this off. i'm kind of proud of these kids. people showing off makes me more nauseous. but that's just me.

admin: "Levy, a preppy-looking blond from Marin County who has vague plans to go to law school some day, explains that this is not a situation of dire economic need as much as an adventure."

TFB, totally.

oh boy, oh boy! marin county didn't mean anything to me till now. thanks alan for illuminating me in this issue.

"According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Marin County has the 5th highest per capita income in the United States at $91483"

so if he's from Marin, what's he doing living in a tent? Doesn't he have a rich mom and dad who could help him out?

not necessarily, if he was at the bottom of the pecking order in marin though, he's used to tents.

What, now rich people aren't allowed to live in tents?

Not even $40 ones that they paid $190 for?

(Little did they realize that they were buying in a tent bubble, and the value of their tents would plummet back towards the $40 they're worth, or less if too many people try to sell their tents all at once.)

no, ah, their tents are special.

I used to own a tenant a few years ago, but it got foreclosed on.

Did the bank take your tenant away?

“I want to meet that girl who wants to stay here with me,” he said.

me thinks he's ready to be a daddy