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Is this sarcasm? Obviously there are places in the world where dorms, hostels etc are in exceptionally good condition, like in Japan, or here in Scandinavia.
by Grustaf 5y ago
Is this sarcasm? Obviously there are places in the world where dorms, hostels etc are in exceptionally good condition, like in Japan, or here in Scandinavia.
- vidarh 5y agoHostels in Scandinavia at least, while they may well be in good condition, make up a vanishingly small proportion of accommodation because what they provide is well below the expected standard for most people even for short term stays.
- Grustaf 5y agoYou keep talking about "expected standards" all the time. These are YOUR expected standards. Poor people, students, backpackers and many others have different standards. And please try to understand what is being discussed. In this instance I merely pointed out that "communal facilities that would rapidly fall into disrepair" is not a proper argument, since there are plenty of communal facilities in excellent condition, just as there are lots of privately owned slums. Your reply has nothing whatsoever to do with that.
- vidarh 5y agoThese are not just my expected standards, but also market standards a whole lot of places, and the legal standard many places.
- ljm 5y agoAnd you'll live in them for a few weeks and then go back to your cushy home, right If I've been downvoted for saying dorms are temporary shelters, not lifetime homes, then so be it; HN is just as bad as the rest of them. We're all gonna get fucked over here at one point.
- Grustaf 5y agoPeople stay in college dorms for 3-4 years. And hopefully people don't stay in social housing dorms forever either, that would be a system failure regardless of the standard of the social housing.