My current work in progress is about a young man who runs away with a group of Freegans. This recent article in the Sunday New York Times Magazine features a group of self-identified Freegans squatting in an abandoned mansion in Buffalo, New York.
What are Freegans?
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Speaking of articles pertinent to your writing – did you see this NY’er article on dystopian YA writing http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2010/06/14/100614crat_atlarge_miller?