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Historically, there was a type of lodging that seems almost perfectly suited to this situation: a boarding house. At least in my southern US city, the last of t
by cool_dude85 5y ago
Historically, there was a type of lodging that seems almost perfectly suited to this situation: a boarding house. At least in my southern US city, the last of the ones here were legislated out of existence in the 80s and 90s as part of the war on drugs.
- BurningFrog 5y agoIt's a pretty amazing pattern: 1. Poor people are living in crappy conditions in boarding houses. 2. We solve this problem by banning boarding houses. 3. Now poor people are living in the streets. 4. ...and we're OK with this! Best I can tell, it's because now there is now no landlord profiting on the poor!! There are plenty of similar examples.
- lupire 5y agoThey are called apodments now.