When one thinks of dumpster diving in the "developed world", one usually starts with Greece [4], and ends with Spain [5](where this activity has been so pervasive, lately even the dumpsters have been on lock down [6]). Certainly, Manhattan's Lower East Side is not one of the places that immediately comes to mind. Sadly, now that the city's more Bohmeian neighborhood has been without power and food for 3 days running, and the prospect of electricity being restored is still dim, the local residents have no choice but to do what their insolvent peers from across the Atlantic do every day (even as the capital markets fool themselves that all is well because Draghi said so). For a candid look at how the other part of Manhattan lives now, watch the clip below.
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