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< BACK TO Fresh Intelligence America's Crafty Poor Turning To Urban Harvesting
But yes, in America's cities (including delightful Phoenix!), roving gangs of thugs, probably in full clown makeup, are stealing dozens of manhole covers a night—no easy move, as the lightest weigh 150 pounds. (Drain covers weigh less!) The scrap metal resale price of each tops out around $10, which suggests a few things. For instance, that the thieves are doing it for a love of anarchy and disruption, or else they'd be spending their days harvesting copper from empty houses, á la Denis Johnson's Jesus' Son. Lock up your lightbulbs, kittens, and curbside mailboxes, America! In the new Mad Max economy, everything is for sale by whomever grabs it first. Everyone is a freegan now! Advertisement |
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