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Why shouldn't we expect people who work in cities to be able to live dignified lives in those cities? There are always going to be janitors, home care providers
by hypersoar 4y ago
Why shouldn't we expect people who work in cities to be able to live dignified lives in those cities? There are always going to be janitors, home care providers, baristas, grocery store employees, etc. Our daily lives depend upon them. It's insane to me that we have a system that requires those people to exist but barely pays them enough to afford to live.
- TheBlight 4y agoIf workers couldn't afford to live close to those cities they'd move somewhere else. Those cities would then experience a shortage of workers. Wages would have to rise to attract new workers. Costs to everyone else in those cities would have to rise in order to accommodate this. If non-workers could no longer afford these costs they would have to sell their homes and move out. This would increase supply and bring the value of housing down in these cities.
- kaesar14 4y agoUnfortunately the places where workers congregate is also the places where the most opportunity can be found in the job market and social sphere. Pushing people out of our most dynamic cities so that a bunch of landlords can artificially restrict supply to profit more is idiotic and a failure of public policy.
- plorg 4y agoAssume a frictionless turtle.
- jkestner 4y agoWorkers can’t afford to live close, and they haven’t moved elsewhere. Why? Perhaps moving costs money while they never have an opportunity to save for it.
- R0b0t1 4y agoYou end up with a permanent fight for the impoverished or less well off to move to the city to maybe get some table scraps.