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>> If the government adjusted the basic income to account for regional cost-of-living, I imagine it would be popular to maintain a fake residency in an expensiv

>> If the government adjusted the basic income to account for regional cost-of-living, I imagine it would be popular to maintain a fake residency in an expensive area while actually living somewhere cheaper. Good hack. >> some areas become rich elite enclaves while other areas become basic income ghettos. This is basically the direction we're already headed in already.

dllthomas 13y ago
>>> some areas become rich elite enclaves while other areas become basic income ghettos. > This is basically the direction we're already headed in already. A flat basic income would make this better not worse, as there would be more money available serving the needs of people in these poorer areas.
- BWStearns 13y ago
  I am inclined to agree with you but I'm not certain. There are some arguments that those living off of BI would form a unique subset of the population and might effectively be ghettoized at least in terms of colocation as opposed to the more economic/social aspect due to their similar needs/means.
  - jchrisa 13y ago
    the whole point of BI is that everyone gets it, even the rich
    - dllthomas 13y ago
      That doesn't mean those living exclusively on BI mightn't wind up ghettoized. I don't see why this would be any more true than in any other situation, though. (and as I've said elsewhere, I don't think BI should presently be enough to live comfortably on without draining savings).
  - dragonwriter 13y ago
    > There are some arguments that those living off of BI would form a unique subset of the population and might effectively be ghettoized at least in terms of colocation as opposed to the more economic/social aspect due to their similar needs/means. The people living primarily off BI (that is "the poor") would likely continue to be segregated, to a certain degree, both physically and socially from those more well-off. But that's not an effect of BI, that's true of the poor now and basically for all of human history.

dllthomas 13y ago

>>> some areas become rich elite enclaves while other areas become basic income ghettos. > This is basically the direction we're already headed in already. A flat basic income would make this better not worse, as there would be more money available serving the needs of people in these poorer areas.

BWStearns 13y ago
I am inclined to agree with you but I'm not certain. There are some arguments that those living off of BI would form a unique subset of the population and might effectively be ghettoized at least in terms of colocation as opposed to the more economic/social aspect due to their similar needs/means.
- jchrisa 13y ago
  the whole point of BI is that everyone gets it, even the rich
  - dllthomas 13y ago
    That doesn't mean those living exclusively on BI mightn't wind up ghettoized. I don't see why this would be any more true than in any other situation, though. (and as I've said elsewhere, I don't think BI should presently be enough to live comfortably on without draining savings).
- dragonwriter 13y ago
  > There are some arguments that those living off of BI would form a unique subset of the population and might effectively be ghettoized at least in terms of colocation as opposed to the more economic/social aspect due to their similar needs/means. The people living primarily off BI (that is "the poor") would likely continue to be segregated, to a certain degree, both physically and socially from those more well-off. But that's not an effect of BI, that's true of the poor now and basically for all of human history.