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Re:Facebook’s Answer to Silicon Valley Housing Crunch: Build... by thedevil on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @10:57AM (#12166068)
I have long supported offering free (tax-payer-funded) housing for the poor - studios or small apartments built in cheaper areas but with free internet. It seems like a win-win for everyone, for a lot of reasons.

I'm usually afraid to say it out loud though, because everyone accuses me of oppressing the poor or something similar.

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Re:Facebook’s Answer to Silicon Valley Housing Crunch: Build... by magicalist on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @11:02AM (#12166108)
> I have long supported offering free (tax-payer-funded) housing for the poor - studios or small apartments built in cheaper areas but with free internet.

It likely was subsidized housing for the poor in a cheaper area, but now its no longer cheap.

What isn't covered in your proposal is how to handle picking up and moving those poor people every 10 years when somewhere cheap becomes popular.

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