Cairo's squatters have taken to the rooftops, as this dispatch from Reuters details. Rents down below can be 10 times as much as the price of roof space.
(thanks to Ted C. for the link)
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- I spent most of the past four years hanging out with street hawkers, smugglers, and sub-rosa import/export firms to write Stealth of Nations, a book that chronicles the global growth of System D--the parallel economic arena that today accounts for half the jobs on the planet. Prior to that, I lived in squatter communities across four continents to write Shadow Cities, a book that attempts to humanize these vibrant, energetic, and horribly misunderstood communities. My articles on cities, politics, and economic issues have appeared in many publications, including Harper's, Scientific American, Forbes, Fortune, The Nation, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Metropolis, and City Limits. Before becoming a reporter, I worked as a community organizer and studied philosophy. I live in New York City and do most of my writing on manual typewriters.
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yeah heard about the roof rights :) we're writing an essay on your ted talk haha :D
just reading by chance about roof rights and this extraordinary writer who spent two years....
just a word to underline the word: right in general, we're going to forget...rights....as well as life
link dead, alas
(beautiful blog, btw)
(and thanks for the LongNow talk)
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