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The problem with these sorts of things is that they discriminate against lower-income folks. In cities with good public transit and affordable housing (such th
by kelnos 11mo ago
The problem with these sorts of things is that they discriminate against lower-income folks. In cities with good public transit and affordable housing (such that people can live near their jobs) this is maybe not such a problem, but that unfortunately describes precious little of the US. I bet it could work in many places in the EU, though.
- bombcar 11mo agoGetting rid of lower income folks would ALSO improve most statistics. But we’ve seen where that leads.
- potato3732842 11mo agoI'm coming around to the idea that the high income folks are actually the problem. Things are a problem because we say they're a problem. But who's doing the saying? Not the low income folks, they have much more pressing problems they'd rather talk about. Seems like eliminating the high income folks from the discourse would result in a redirection of focus toward more serious issues.
- bombcar 11mo agoUnironically this used to be a "self-solving" problem because the high-income and low-income would self-segregate and deal with their own problems in their own areas. But modern liberal democracy kind of insists that those differences "don't really exist" and so we try to force everything together.