how do all these hipster bums afford to live in nyc anyway they

>>1030297
Selling drugs, sucking dick, beginning, stealing, leeching off people more successful than they are, scavenging.

>>1030305
Welfare, don't forget welfare.

>>1030297
>startups
anything from arts and crafts to weapons of mass destruction

>>1030297
The shit sells itself - these two 4/10s can make several grand streaming a few times a week on twitch.

I saw a video with Sam Hyde where he was pretending to a street vasion thing for H&M and asking the brooklyn hipstors about their fashion and at the end he asks them who paid their rent
a good majority said their parents, some worked but most have their parents. these people were like over 25 years old too

>>1030297
student loans
living 3 people in a 2 bedroom.
tiny ass apartments
most of them have 2 jobs(bar tending and waitressing)
shop at consignment shops

completely doable if you lower your standards

>>1030307
they're not black, cannot qualify

>>1030297
student loans supplemented by money from family. Couple this with relatively low living expenses and sharing of living space and food.