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With over 600k homeless Americans, couch surfing and sleeping outside tonight, this is important to understand (lemmy.ml)

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[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 52 points 1 week ago (22 children)

that fact that we more empty homes degrading from abandonment into nothingness in this country than homeless people is surest sign that we have terrible system.

[–] whithom@discuss.online -5 points 1 week ago (10 children)

In my building, half the units are just sitting here empty. Guess what country the owner is from?

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i'm happy to see the empty apartments where i live; it means that it helps drive down the cost of rent and it's working, somewhat.

[–] whithom@discuss.online 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’m guessing they’re empty because they can’t be rented, and not because they aren’t for rent.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

it's partially because there's no one to rent it. the locals tell me that it's trending towards the same patterns that i've experienced in other cities; but it still affordable compared to the cities i've lived in texas, new jersey and georgia and despite it being the 3rd largest city in the country and COMPLETELY outclassing those other cities in terms of quality of life and public services. (for now).

[–] whithom@discuss.online 2 points 1 week ago

Wait, but is it in TEXAS?

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