I dunno - seemed to low key have some casual wealth, being the one Beat who was always in a nice suit, had an extensive drug habit...
and all those trips to Interzone don't pay for 'emselves!
and all those trips to Interzone don't pay for 'emselves!
> His parents, upon his graduation, had decided to give him a monthly allowance of $200 out of their earnings from Cobblestone Gardens, a substantial sum in those days.
> It was enough to keep him going, and indeed it guaranteed his survival for the next twenty-five years, arriving with welcome regularity. The allowance was a ticket to freedom; it allowed him to live where he wanted to and to forgo employment. [1^]
And $200 in 1937 gets you a fair bit of freedom (roughly $4500 in today's money) - sure, it's not private jet money but notable. And would have gone pretty far in Mexico and Tangier.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Burroughs
[2]: https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1937?amount=200