Alternative Living
February 21, 2009 7:39 PM   Subscribe

Alternative living arrangements due to the economy in NYC and beyond?

I am writing a piece about people who have chosen alternate living arrangements because of loss of job and the downturn in economy.
I would like to conduct brief interviews with people by phone which should not take more than a few minutes.
I am interested to hear for instance:

Had to get a roommate(s)
Single Retired moved in with best friend
Moved out of the city and in with parents
Considering co housing
Moved from NYC to another state with cheaper rent
Couldn't afford the rent and Landlord lowered the rent
Experience with rent deals in NYC/Brooklyn because of the high levels of vacancies

Any and all experiences welcome.

Please email to : redasch@verizon.net
posted by brynnwood to Work & Money (5 answers total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: Askme isn't really a place where it's okay to solicit or farm for interview subjects/responses. -- cortex

 
Another phenomenon I'm hearing of is separated/soon to be divorced/divorced folks who can't afford to maintain two residences, and so are sharing a house. Good Morning America did a piece about this one day last week, I believe.
posted by SweetTeaAndABiscuit at 8:13 PM on February 21, 2009


Flagged as something of a craiglist ad.
posted by dhartung at 8:55 PM on February 21, 2009


Yeah, the "question" here is basically "tell me stories".
posted by nicwolff at 9:09 PM on February 21, 2009


Are you not allowed to ask people to provide this kind of help for reports, articles or whatnot? I'm new here, so I didn't know his question was inappropriate.
posted by Piscean at 9:13 PM on February 21, 2009


You should post this on the HARO list, it is more suited to that venue.
posted by Scram at 9:29 PM on February 21, 2009 [1 favorite]


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