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> I suspect we gutted our middle class with globalization. It's not about middle class. In other rich countries, everyone, incl. the lower class, can afford to
by burntoutfire 6y ago
> I suspect we gutted our middle class with globalization.
It's not about middle class. In other rich countries, everyone, incl. the lower class, can afford to live in apartments, and doesn't have to resort to living in trailers.
- mrDmrTmrJ 6y agoNot sure whey you're being downvoted - so I upvoted you. The US has huge problems with regulation that prevent new housing creation. A lot of that has it's origin in segregation: https://www.epi.org/publication/the-color-of-law-a-forgotten-history-of-how-our-government-segregated-america/ https://www.epi.org/publication/the-color-of-law-a-forgotten... This applies to cities and suburbs. For example in lost of NYC and SF, most buildings would be "illegal" if they were built today. If you can't change "supply" a "free market" that relies on balancing supply and demand won't balance. It's crazy. And a building issues in US politics.
- alacombe 6y ago> the lower class, can afford to live in apartments Do you mean the same crime ridden inner cities slums ?
- burntoutfire 6y agoThere's practically no visible crime in Poland. The worst you're going to get in the shittiest districts of shittiest cities (we're talking places where you can get a studio in city center for $10000) is potentially some obnoxious drunks for neighbors. No one is going to break in into your car or mug you on the streets.
- throwaway894345 6y agoI lived in a trailer growing up. They tend to be lower end, but "affordable housing" apartments are going to be comparably low-end. I'm guessing the reason they're more common in the US than in Europe is because land in the U.S. is so much more abundant, not because 500 sq ft apartment is inherently more dignified than a 1000 sq ft trailer.