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> If you have a city with X housing units, but 5X people from within the city + all over the country/world want to live there, and for whatever reason no one wa
by tenpies 4y ago
> If you have a city with X housing units, but 5X people from within the city + all over the country/world want to live there, and for whatever reason no one wants to/can build 4X more housing units, how do you fairly determine who gets to live there and who doesn't?
The phenomena that honestly pisses me off, is that all of these countries touting their immigration policies are lying to immigrants. They're selling them on a quality of life that existed 20 years ago and is no longer possible even to the people who have lived there all their lives.
It's absolutely fraudulent and exploitative behaviour by this countries.
- glanzwulf 4y agoIt's not though, not entirely at least. For an immigrant from eastern europe, yes, Lisbon is not the great place it was 20 years ago. But for an immigrant from US/Canada, Germany, UK, or whatever rich country. Yes, it's a great place to go to. A high rent in Lisbon is nothing to them, and the rest (utilities, restaurants, commerce) is still pretty cheap. Good weather, good food, cheap lifestyle is quite attainable... just not for everyone.