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> Canada has a far larger housing crisis than the US does I did not know this. Makes me wonder -- what is the point at which housing is so unaffordable that pe

> Canada has a far larger housing crisis than the US does I did not know this. Makes me wonder -- what is the point at which housing is so unaffordable that people start to riot?

randomdata 3y ago
It is unlikely there is such a point. The Canadian government still holds crown land that they will give away for free to anyone willing to settle it. That provides an option of last resort. Any location in the country that compels one away from free has got to be worth it. While one may complain, as people love to do, they are still pulling out their purses because they know it is worth every penny. Should the balance change, people will leave for greener pastures before worrying about rioting. Canada's whole legacy is built on people moving around when certain locations become too expensive. Its ancestral people have done it over, and over, and over again. There is no reason to think this time is different.
- swader999 3y ago
  Really? Where do I sign up for this crown land?
  - red-iron-pine 3y ago
    there are, no jokes, apps for that. hope you're comfortable with -40C or lower
    - swader999 3y ago
      I know you can buy crown land but I don't see it anywhere for free. I can do -40 but I've never seen it that cold for very long.
mrguyorama 3y ago
It's called homelessness and the american republicans want you to feel like it's because of lax law enforcement instead of, you know, the median salary in my city not being enough to actually live in the city. You probably haven't even heard about my city, because it has only 60k ish people and still runs into that problem. "But but but but zoning and developers can't build cheap housing because they aren't allowed to!". Funny, that didn't stop them from building hundreds of units of assisted living facilities right in some of the most expensive land they could find. Maybe it's because, in a capitalistic system, it's more incentivized to build a structure that can charge the state $12k a month per resident that they neglect than one that can charge each resident $2k a month because they actually have to be able to afford it. Meanwhile grandma doesn't even know where they are.

> Canada has a far larger housing crisis than the US does I did not know this. Makes me wonder -- what is the point at which housing is so unaffordable that people start to riot?

randomdata 3y ago

It is unlikely there is such a point. The Canadian government still holds crown land that they will give away for free to anyone willing to settle it. That provides an option of last resort. Any location in the country that compels one away from free has got to be worth it. While one may complain, as people love to do, they are still pulling out their purses because they know it is worth every penny. Should the balance change, people will leave for greener pastures before worrying about rioting. Canada's whole legacy is built on people moving around when certain locations become too expensive. Its ancestral people have done it over, and over, and over again. There is no reason to think this time is different.

swader999 3y ago
Really? Where do I sign up for this crown land?
- red-iron-pine 3y ago
  there are, no jokes, apps for that. hope you're comfortable with -40C or lower
  - swader999 3y ago
    I know you can buy crown land but I don't see it anywhere for free. I can do -40 but I've never seen it that cold for very long.

mrguyorama 3y ago

It's called homelessness and the american republicans want you to feel like it's because of lax law enforcement instead of, you know, the median salary in my city not being enough to actually live in the city. You probably haven't even heard about my city, because it has only 60k ish people and still runs into that problem. "But but but but zoning and developers can't build cheap housing because they aren't allowed to!". Funny, that didn't stop them from building hundreds of units of assisted living facilities right in some of the most expensive land they could find. Maybe it's because, in a capitalistic system, it's more incentivized to build a structure that can charge the state $12k a month per resident that they neglect than one that can charge each resident $2k a month because they actually have to be able to afford it. Meanwhile grandma doesn't even know where they are.