Re:Tokyo: A big city that is also pleasant to live in
by truffdog on Saturday January 01, 2022 @02:49PM
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He is referring to 20th century social services meant to fix slums, that wound up making marriage something that could get you kicked out of public housing and on-books work something that could get you kicked off financial support. This is often blamed for making everything worse and contributing to the social disaster zones that were the large public housing projects in northern cities.
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Re:Tokyo: A big city that is also pleasant to live in
by dr_dshiv on Saturday January 01, 2022 @05:12PM
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Any links or references to share? Does this have a name?
Re:Tokyo: A big city that is also pleasant to live in
by truffdog on Sunday January 02, 2022 @12:00AM
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The Pruitt-Igoe Myth is a pretty accessible introduction to one of the most notorious public housing disasters in the US. It was available on Netflix at some point.
The name for welfare discouraging marriage is "the marriage penalty", but it's a general policy thing that people still argue about, so I couldn't find anything good about the old AFDC marriage penalties on short notice. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/wedding-bell-blues-marria... does a quick outline in passing.
Re:Tokyo: A big city that is also pleasant to live in
by wrycoder on Sunday January 02, 2022 @12:25AM
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It's a big topic. Some entries here:
https://www.city-journal.org/html/black-family-40-years-lies...