← Back to context Comment by adrianN 20 hours ago Historically it was not uncommon for beds to be rented out to multiple people. 4 comments adrianN Reply bredren 16 hours ago The word for this type of boarding is “flophouse.”This is the type of place one might be “waiting for the other shoe to drop.” Which carries a variety of potential meanings in this moment of AI.Tangentially related: Mack and the boys lived in the “Palace Flophouse and Grill” in Cannery Row.I suppose I must have looked up flophouse when reading all the Steinbeck I could get my hands on and it’s stuck w me. eecc 17 hours ago It is unfortunately still common practice among irregular agricultural workers in many parts of the world (I’m Italian so I definitely remember news about busts in southern Italy) consp 17 hours ago See military submarines, for a modern version. AdamN 13 hours ago Yeah there are good accounts of this in Down and Out in Paris and London and also one of Hemingway's books - forgot which one.
bredren 16 hours ago The word for this type of boarding is “flophouse.”This is the type of place one might be “waiting for the other shoe to drop.” Which carries a variety of potential meanings in this moment of AI.Tangentially related: Mack and the boys lived in the “Palace Flophouse and Grill” in Cannery Row.I suppose I must have looked up flophouse when reading all the Steinbeck I could get my hands on and it’s stuck w me.
eecc 17 hours ago It is unfortunately still common practice among irregular agricultural workers in many parts of the world (I’m Italian so I definitely remember news about busts in southern Italy)
AdamN 13 hours ago Yeah there are good accounts of this in Down and Out in Paris and London and also one of Hemingway's books - forgot which one.
The word for this type of boarding is “flophouse.”
This is the type of place one might be “waiting for the other shoe to drop.” Which carries a variety of potential meanings in this moment of AI.
Tangentially related: Mack and the boys lived in the “Palace Flophouse and Grill” in Cannery Row.
I suppose I must have looked up flophouse when reading all the Steinbeck I could get my hands on and it’s stuck w me.
It is unfortunately still common practice among irregular agricultural workers in many parts of the world (I’m Italian so I definitely remember news about busts in southern Italy)
See military submarines, for a modern version.
Yeah there are good accounts of this in Down and Out in Paris and London and also one of Hemingway's books - forgot which one.