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We raised our standards of what constituted housing not out of an overflow of love for our fellow human beings, but because we got tired of cholera outbreaks.

We raised our standards of what constituted housing not out of an overflow of love for our fellow human beings, but because we got tired of cholera outbreaks. Pack people together again, relax the code on plumbing, watch the people who make our salads pick up some still very dangerous and painful diseases.

diogenescynic 9y ago
What hyperbole. It’s not like everyone is living in a McMansion with modern amenities...
TheSpiceIsLife 9y ago
It is possible to have high density and good plumbing and waste management.
- jrumbut 9y ago
  Look at the article, he's talking about what changed from 100 years ago. I'm talking about why it changed.
  - sokoloff 9y ago
    The "what changed in housing" part of the article is against a reference of the 1950s. The last cholera outbreak in the US was in 1911.