HumpSlackWails t1_j7zqufx wrote on February 10, 2023 at 3:55 PM

The biggest thing stopping healthy American communities is the tiny percentage of people who are of means.

linuxdragons t1_j801idm wrote on February 10, 2023 at 5:04 PM

They sure are looking tastier every year

HumpSlackWails t1_j80zexg wrote on February 10, 2023 at 8:45 PM

Sometimes people try to say "it's really just the very top .1% and the rich but not really rich people shouldn't be included.

This is the kind of stuff I like to remember when I'm told that.

I get not wanting to lose property value. I get wanting to have a nice community.

Segregating yourselves from that community while demanding access to all the good things just make people assholes.

muthermcreedeux t1_j88sjee wrote on February 12, 2023 at 2:41 PM

No. What's stopping progress is large corporations and the 1%, not a few middle to high middle income residents. It's not each other we should be fighting.

No one wants to live in a town with a lot of low income housing, but the problem is really that jobs aren't paying enough to the worker and they are being forced into low income housing as their only option. The solution is to fight back against the corporate world so people can make a loving wage.

HumpSlackWails t1_j88szjm wrote on February 12, 2023 at 2:44 PM

False. Some people understand that communities require low-income workers to function and don't hate the idea of those people living around them.

YOU do. These people do. I don't.

The corporations aren't responsible for these residents wanting to put up class walls.

No.

EDIT: People ARE responsible for their choices and beliefs within our systems. Its how we make progress: by better people believing in better things and making better choices. SOME people believe better things.