The housing crisis has hit a whole lot of people in places they didn't know they could get hurt -- home, mostly. Homelessness is a substantial problem in a lot of areas, with many young and old people being priced out of anything bigger than a shoebox. But while most people feel powerless as the system continues to kick them down, others have found quite surprising homes away from home. For example ...

7 A Colombian Couple Lived In A Sewer For 22 Years

Would you like to live in a sewer? The answer to that question varies from person to adolescent mutated reptile. But you shouldn't knock it until you've tried it. Just ask Miguel Restrepo and his wife, Maria Garcia. They've been doing it for decades, and couldn't be happier.

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"We have absolutely no plans to attack anyone with penguins carrying little rockets!"

The couple lives in Medellin, Colombia -- or underneath it, to be more specific. After losing his job more than 20 years ago, Restrepo got tired of the rat race and decided to take himself, Maria, and their dog Negrita off the grid and into the sewers.

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Where they found an entirely different rat race.

And ... it's quite nice. Not what you'd expect from a home on the wrong side of a manhole, Miguel and Maria's cowabunga pad is anything but gross. They've got it hooked up. It's got electricity, a kitchen, a TV, and furniture. "I live better than the president," Miguel boasts, "because here no one bothers me and I don't bother anyone."