the greatest depression

In the Greatest Depression, Slackers Get the Last (Ironic) Laugh

We moved to San Francisco and Brooklyn and Mission Hill. We jumped from job to job. Put off marriage. Never bought a place. And we never heard the end of it. We were drifters, they said. Layabouts. No respect for work and real estate or the value of a good pair of cufflinks. But now, in the cold glare of a recession, everything looks different: We’ve got no house to lose, no career to dash, no school-aged children in need of pricey Wii gaming systems. Not recession-proof, exactly, but recession-resistant, at least.” [Boston.com]

In the Greatest Depression, Slackers Get the Last (Ironic) Laugh