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Living Without Credit and the Underground Economy
from Underground Economy · #34
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2 minTim explains his lifestyle of handshake-deal apartments, bad credit, and no documentation, arguing this environment of shady, trustworthy-of-no-one people produces the funniest material, including his landlord's story of stabbing her husband with a pen.
- 5:15Tim explains he doesn't have kids because his lifestyle choices would make parenthood a nightmare.
- 5:35He's lived his whole life in the underground economy, dealing in handshakes rather than formal credit.
- 5:52Brooklyn apartment hunting requires credit checks and documentation, forcing people to share with five roommates or sleep on couches.
- 6:13Tim has always gotten apartments on handshake deals with a couple months of security deposit.
- 6:35Why would any landlord take a risk on someone without documentation when so many applicants do have it?
- 6:51Operating outside the system means ending up wherever you end up, which Tim sees as tied to what makes him funny.