How did we create a society where we can’t afford to live in our own country?

Re:How did we create a society where we can’t afford to live... by rayiner on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @11:32AM (#15550950)

Our cities are too expensive, thanks to NIMBYs, and have terrible schools, thanks to various factors but mostly America's long history of segregation and oppression. Neither of those things will be fixed, probably ever much less any time soon.

So the question is, how do you make the best of what you've got to work with? My wife and I moved from downtown DC to just outside the Annapolis city limits. We probably do more culture/community stuff now, because thanks to Uber and a low cost of living, we can easily justify trying those things out.

If I could find a comparable job in Topeka, I'd totally try that out. Yuppie cultural amenities are everywhere these days. Yeah, it won't be New York, but only New York is New York, but somehow the rest of the country manages to get by with their second-string versions of things.

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Re:How did we create a society where we can’t afford to live... by ikeyany on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @12:02PM (#15551253)

The luxury of living blissfully anywhere you want is most certainly not realistic to everyone, especially non-whites. HN as a whole seems to believe perspectives like yours are ubiquitous by default.

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Re:How did we create a society where we can’t afford to live... by rayiner on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @01:22PM (#15552034)

As a non white person, I'm not sure what you mean.

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Re:How did we create a society where we can’t afford to live... by ikeyany on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @05:47PM (#15554576)

Then you've lived a sheltered life as a minority if you think middle America is as good of a long-term option as cities.

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