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mechapoitier t1_jeeilqx wrote

It’ll be interesting what the future holds for crazy environments like Phoenix that even on its best day was never made to support millions of people.

One of my favorite Onion articles is Amount of Water Man Just Used to Wash Dish to be Prize for Hand-to-Hand Combat in 2065

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ImSoBoring890 t1_jeeic2v wrote

Yup. Our housing system is dysfunctional as can be. We are like a gigantic, dysfunctional family and the worst among us, the convicted criminals, get Mommy and Daddy Congress, and Mommy/ Daddy State Legislatures, to spend up to $80,000 a year on housing, food, and medical.

In the meantime, the good kids, the ones working 2 to 3 jobs and not stealing or causing mayhem, if even ONE THING goes wrong in their lives, they have to live in their cars - if they manage to hold onto the car after a financial disaster or serious medical problem.

Our housing system REWARDS convicted criminals and punishes the good people whose only "crime" is being too poor for the rental system.

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