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The Blue Hangar

Going thrifting is a full-body contact sport at the "Blue Hangar." It's the last stop before the River Styx (i.e., trash compactor) for all those Goodwill goodies that never got bought. Burly workers use hydraulic lifts to dump wooden crates of merchandise onto flat tables a block long. Shoppers must stand behind lines painted on the floor, salivating until the whistle blows, then catapult their bodies into the mountain of stuff. Sound surreal? It is. Unairconditioned. Unbearably cheap. Bring your own shopping cart.

Goodwill's Blue Hangar
916 Springdale, 512/928-8832
Goodwill's Blue Hangar North, 12317 Technology Blvd. #300, 512/249-5231
www.austingoodwill.org