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Long long ago a group of 20ish people (I vaguely knew) occupied an abandoned office. They agreed to spend 500 per person per month to improve the place as they
by 6510 3y ago
Long long ago a group of 20ish people (I vaguely knew) occupied an abandoned office. They agreed to spend 500 per person per month to improve the place as they all could easily afford it. Then came the struggle actually spending the money. No one wanted to spend time on it so every other month they just quickly agreed to one or two things at a time and spend as much on it as possible just to burn the money. After 6 years, 720 000 later the place looked completely insane.
- behringer 3y agoWe need way more details on this.
- Xen9 3y agoAgree, want to know this story.
- CivBase 3y agoSounds like this would make for a fascinating read. I don't suppose any of them recorded their progress as they went and published it somewhere?
- samstave 3y ago"The gang fixes I-95" Would be a cool reality series. EDIT: Charlie huffs all the paint, so they can only paint a portion of the I-95
- blowski 3y agoIn the early 00s, I lived for a few months in a squat in Clapham (South London), run by an author and Polish cyclist. It was a huge house by London standards - better than many shared houses - and having looked after it very well since moving in during the 90s, the neighbours were aware and happy with the situation. They were paranoid the owner, living in Australia since the 1950s, would find out just before the deadline and they'd lose it. But the rights did pass on, and they sold the house for about £1.5M.