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Originally Posted by maleficent
I'll never be able to convince a liberal why this is a bad thing - you'll never be able to convince me that this is a good thing. Same reason why it irks me that the asshole kicking the seat on the plane behind me got his seat for half of what I am paying -- it irks me that the asshole who only knows super loud volume wise lives under me and pays less than what half of what I pay - it's not right.
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I can see that it is a very different system from the one we have here.
1) There is an extreme shortage of affordable housing. The market isn't meeting the demand for affordable housing (and why should it?). It is only natural that owners should want to charge as much as they can get... and they do.
2) As there is a shortage, what do we do with the poor who need a place to live and have the choice of a) the street or b) a place you wouldn't want an animal to live that isn't even close to where they need to be for their employment.
In the past governments created public housing. This was a BAD idea. You end up with ghettos and projects that isolate and exacerbate the situation.
Mixing geared to income and market rate units makes a lot more sense in terms of having an integrated society.
Here is something to chew on... If those who are against these sort of "legs up" or "handouts" think those who are on the receiving end have it so good, why not live the life yourself? Trust me, it isn't a great life and you don't want to be there.