Dumpster Diving - Word Association

Prompt

Create a list of claims from the text that supports this as a valid means of living, a dangerous lifestyle, and the view of this lifestyle from a proprietor and bystander/resident

Response

Valid Means of Living

• I live from the refuse of others. I am a scavenger. I think it a sound and honorable niche, although if I could I would naturally prefer to live the comfortable consumer life, perhaps — and only perhaps — as a slightly less wasteful consumer owing to what I have learned as a scavenger.
• "The necessities of daily life I began to extract from Dumpsters. Yes, we ate from Dumpsters. Except for jeans, all my clothes came from Dumpsters."
• "I have learned much as a scavenger."