When the world gives you lemons, make lemonade.

When the world gives you an underpass, make it your home.

That seems to be the philosophy of this homeless man who has turned an underpass into his own spot of paradise.


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Supercool Ceola Waddell Jr, 59, has lived under a road in LA for the last six months.

But he’s living in relative luxury with two toilets, sofas, a bed and even a jacuzzi.

However, he faces having all his work torn down because city officials say that it is dangerous. He has turned down their offers for help, according to the LA Times.



He’s given a cheery tour of his humble abode which he calls ‘Paradise Lane.’

Here it is.

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He rents out a ‘spare room’ and tent for $25 a week to other homeless people and he makes more money selling hotdogs to passers by and from people who turn up to take selfies with him.

Waddell Jr. said: ‘ I decided I wanted to live like everybody else, make me something nice that I wanted to come home to.

‘If I was in the Arctic I’d make me an igloo.

‘I refuse to let the city beat me down to what they think a homeless person’s profile is, living on cardboard.’