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Satanic_Doge t1_j24h00s wrote

Lack of local ownership of the community means the people who spend the most time in it are the least invested in it, so they treat it like shit because doing otherwise doesn't do anything for them (in their views).

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Top_Ad5385 OP t1_j24yo72 wrote

I think you nailed it. If you don't own the apartment, if you run around sprucing the area up, some dickhead landlord will jack up the rent.

But living in squalor isn't good for mental health.

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Satanic_Doge t1_j2546z5 wrote

Aye, but they call it the poverty trap for a reason.

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