Crash Pad

Across New Atlas, younger residents are finding increasingly inventive ways to make city life work. Spare bunks, borrowed sofas and short-term arrangements are helping friends stretch rent, split bills and stay close to the jobs and opportunities they came here to find.

Housing advocates call it necessity. Others call it flexibility. Either way, the city has always rewarded those willing to improvise.

For some, a temporary arrangement can start to feel surprisingly permanent. Make yourself at home.