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I intuitively want to agree with you but I can't think of why not. Many other things besides homes that are life necessities can also be investments.

• red-iron-pine 3y ago
  Like what? You don't invest in hot dogs or toilets, do you? And water shouldn't be controlled like Nestle would like to. Shelter is one of the basic requirements in the Maslow Hierarchy of Needs sense. Food, water, shelter. And that's shelter in more than just a "tarp keeping water off my head" sense; how can you accumulate anything if you can't store it safely? If you have to push a cart around will all of your possessions how do you have time to do things like training? If you can't keep a pair of work pants out of the elements how are you going to keep a job? Plus there is the privacy, comfort, sleep without disturbance thing. Hard to be a productive worker or kind human if you're terrified of getting robbed in your sleep (or worse).