According to city data, 16% of people from encampments go to shelter, making many advocates see it as futile. But some see a purpose to the divisive issue.
Have you ever heard of the projects? That is basically what those are. They got rid of them because you don’t concentrate a lot of low income people in one area for a multitude of reasons. Probably the biggest is that in the US, it becomes a sort of segregation. Also, it’s really hard to leave that situation. I’ve seen townhomes and tiny homes work here in Seattle, but it has to be integrated into a community, not a giant multiplex.
Okay, yes, the projects. So, here’s the thing: the US used commie blocks as kind of a dumping ground for the poor, while simultaneously cutting services to those areas of the city in order to provide services to the suburbs. Not only that, but a lot of folks who lived in the projects were moved there after the government demolished their homes and mixed-use, walkable communities to put in interstates; so the government just uprooted whole ass communities, destroyed their wealth, and plunked them down all together with no opportunities. There’s a lot to go into about what went wrong with the projects, but it wasn’t the commie blocks; Americans aren’t uniquely incapable of living in them. BanksRail did a really good summary on it recently that goes into more depth than I have hear without being a whole college lecture on the matter, if you’re interested: https://youtu.be/dwK3oRT02k8?si=uki9afrjTdgwyq4N
I agree with you, that’s why I said the US shouldn’t do them and integrate low income homes into all communities. It helps them lift themselves out of poverty, which is the point.
Have you ever heard of the projects? That is basically what those are. They got rid of them because you don’t concentrate a lot of low income people in one area for a multitude of reasons. Probably the biggest is that in the US, it becomes a sort of segregation. Also, it’s really hard to leave that situation. I’ve seen townhomes and tiny homes work here in Seattle, but it has to be integrated into a community, not a giant multiplex.
Okay, yes, the projects. So, here’s the thing: the US used commie blocks as kind of a dumping ground for the poor, while simultaneously cutting services to those areas of the city in order to provide services to the suburbs. Not only that, but a lot of folks who lived in the projects were moved there after the government demolished their homes and mixed-use, walkable communities to put in interstates; so the government just uprooted whole ass communities, destroyed their wealth, and plunked them down all together with no opportunities. There’s a lot to go into about what went wrong with the projects, but it wasn’t the commie blocks; Americans aren’t uniquely incapable of living in them. BanksRail did a really good summary on it recently that goes into more depth than I have hear without being a whole college lecture on the matter, if you’re interested: https://youtu.be/dwK3oRT02k8?si=uki9afrjTdgwyq4N
I agree with you, that’s why I said the US shouldn’t do them and integrate low income homes into all communities. It helps them lift themselves out of poverty, which is the point.