This man actually lives in a dumpster he tricked out himself

NYCurbed.com ^ | 8/06/2013 | Hana R. Alberts

[EinNYC]

Rather than using dumpsters as a home for gardens or pools, designer/builder/artist Gregory Kloehn has decided to repurpose one into... an actual home. HGTV profiled him for an episode of "You Live In What?", in which Kloehn show off his forest green and red micro (trash) dwelling, which took six months to kit out. It's got a toilet, stove, and sink, as well as a sloped roof that can be levered up to reveal windows and doubles as a deck for seating. There's also a grill that, when in use, protrudes off of the side of what is essentially a metal box. (The shower also sticks off the side, for an al fresco streetside experience of dubious hygienic value.) "People say, 'You know, hey, I don't even have a barbecue at my house. And you have a barbecue in a garbage can?'" Kloehn says. "I think they're just surprised that someone would take something like this and take enough time to make it at home."

The West Coast resident only spends some of his time living it up on Brooklyn sidewalks in the tricked-out dumpster. Fun fact: A garbage truck has never attempted to empty it, because you have to pay for that service. But the legality of the whole thing still seems iffy. Then again, Kloehn and his dumpster have been on national TV, so maybe it's totally cool.

VIDEO:

http://www.hgtv.com/video/portable-dumpster-living-video/index.html#

[EinNYC]

In Brooklyn, a 1-bedroom apartment in a half-decent neighborhood goes for $1500 and up. Some studio apartments also command this and far more rent. Meshugah!

[jonrick46]

The bed did not look comfortable. In fact, there was nothing I saw that looked comfortable. Having all the comforts of home did not seem to be important. The place needed a woman’s touch.

[posterchild]

Sign of the times: One of the very first things the writer wonders — Is it legal to renovate a dumpster?

A sadder sign of the times is the last line and how 'coolness' is determined:
Then again, Kloehn and his dumpster have been on national TV, so maybe it's totally cool.

[Jmouse007]

This is the "American dream" that Obamessiah wants for everyone but "his people" and the "elite's" running his "Animal Farm" dog and pony show. Things are so desperate for tens of millions of American CITIZENS ( not ILLEGAL ALIENS) that many would be overjoyed to "live" in a tricked out dumpster. I grieve over what Obama and his "peeps" have done, and are intentionally doing to destroy America from within.

Americans dream of living in dumpsters while Obamessiah and Moochiell spend BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars on extravagant, never ending trips, junkets, vacations and luxuriously expensive clothes and baubles for themselves and their family and friends. Tagline because only He can.

[PoloSec]

Upscale models come with a parking space for a grocery cart.

[GeronL]

bump

[JoeProBono]

[BrandtMichaels]

So is his name Oscar?

Is he also kinda grouchy?

[Excellence]

Is it bear proof?

[Excellence]

wondered how he got in.

[Pearls Before Swine]

A date’s reaction: “This place is a dump!”

[Gay State Conservative]

Most of the schizophrenics,addicts and alcoholics I see sleeping on the streets of NYC live in refrigerator boxes that have been tricked out by rats.

[left that other site]

At the shipyard, there are hundreds of containers sitting after their trip here full of Chinese junk.

One of them would make a MUCH nicer house than a dumpster, and would be about the size of a single wide mobile home!

[BraveMan]

Brooklyn?

I could sorta picture this in Upper Wisconsin or the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, but Brooklyn?

I would expect the next Retard to construct one from a PLASTIC dumpster. Greener, you see.

Garbage in, Garbage In!