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Originally Posted by the urban politician
Pitch your sob story to someone else. Chicago is far away from having a crisis that you describe. We've got land right next to downtown that nobody wants to build anything on, that's the current status of our "affordable housing crisis".
Wake me up to listen to your tearjerker when nobody can find a single apartment for less than $1.50 per square foot within an hour of downtown.
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The point I've been trying to make ad nauseam is that working class, and especially immigrant communities, depend on living together in close proximity for survival. It doesn't matter if low-cost housing is available in dislocated areas, what matters is strong/safe neighborhoods, and 80/20 allows for just that.
You can call whomever you want a tearjerker, but you're an extremist with very little empathy. I'd much rather have my heart bleeding for the whole world to see.
It's almost laughable that people are lobbing around "Oooo what a bargain, i can pick up some housing for only $150K". Helllo? get out of your privileged mentality for a minute. Immigrant communities hardly ever can afford to own anything. And in case you forgot, that's what this country is all about. Immigrants moving and building strong networks so the next generation can thrive.