I’ve lived in both the city and the country, and I can’t definitively say that one is better than the other. They’re like Asians and redheads; there are some things you really like about them…you get the idea. They’re just different. But for either, it’s a bit of a challenge to find a good place to swim, or just lounge around near uncontaminated water. Enter Jocko Weyland, who stole an idea from some rocker in Georgia–swimming in those giant industrial dumpsters:

The idea of swimming in a trash container grosses you out? Think again. They’re clean. The bins are lined with thick sheets of plastic, and the water is chlorinated and filtered, just like what goes in an inground pool.

“I didn’t really hear the exact details about it being a Dumpster and we just, like, walked over here and there’s all these, like, warehouses, junkyards and, like, industrial stuff,” says Hill. “We live in the neighborhood, and so I’m not going to trek out to the beach for an hour when I can sit around and watch TV all day and go to the pool.” via.

Weyland’s company, Macro Sea, plans to rent these dumpster pools out at parties. My appreciation for the novelty is offset by the fact that this is already becoming trendy in Brooklyn. But then again, Brooklynites have been wallowing in trash for years, so it works out.