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-Lou Reed Exhausted. Urban Camping: Subversive City Living from Times Square to the Car Tent. Car Tents to Times Square: Bold Acts of Urban Camping Article by Urbanist, filed under Urban Exploration in the Travel category.
Urban camping means different things to different people, from living without a vehicle or electricity and plumbing to squatting in unused properties and more. However, the most popular definition of urban camping provided by the urban dictionary is: “camping in an urban setting by sleeping on rooftops, under bushes, and in public parks.” Amid and Zach are two brave New Yorkers who picked the busiest and most high profile place they could think of to pitch their urban camp: Times Square, New York City. According to Zach,