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> then there needs to be a change
No there doesn't
> Having all the low paying workers commute 2 hours to work every day to make frappes and burgers for the rich locals is not a viable option.
Viable is in the mind of the beholder. Viable solutions include
- low income workers moving to more affordable areas, leaving the wealthy to make frappes and burgers with their Kurigs and air fryers
- low income workers continuing to commute feeling it is still the best option for them considering all factors
- wages raise in high-income areas to compensate baristas and chefs, allowing them to move closer to city centers.
All of these are 'viable' and none of them make housing a right or necessity.
Explain to me why we can't build more housing?
> then there needs to be a change
No there doesn't
> Having all the low paying workers commute 2 hours to work every day to make frappes and burgers for the rich locals is not a viable option.
Viable is in the mind of the beholder. Viable solutions include
- low income workers moving to more affordable areas, leaving the wealthy to make frappes and burgers with their Kurigs and air fryers
- low income workers continuing to commute feeling it is still the best option for them considering all factors
- wages raise in high-income areas to compensate baristas and chefs, allowing them to move closer to city centers.
All of these are 'viable' and none of them make housing a right or necessity.