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AlotOfReading 6 days ago

What will distinguish these structures from slums in 10 or 20 years?

red-iron-pine 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

unless you're an owner and control the means of production anywhere you live will be a slum in ~20 years

toomuchtodo 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Why is public housing in Vienna not slums?

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

kube-system 6 days ago | parent [-]

Because they are designed to be residential housing?

JumpCrisscross 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> What will distinguish these structures from slums in 10 or 20 years?

The neighbourhood. When I moved to New York in my twenties, I had roommates. Everyone had roommates. That meant sharing a bathroom and kitchen. Not only did this breed camaraderie and teach me to not be a dick, it also freed up cash so I could enjoy the city and save.

ipaddr 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Marketing

supertrope 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Colleges call these dorms.

blitzar 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

They have a roof that isnt a motorway.

AlotOfReading 6 days ago | parent [-]

The context I'm referencing here is victorian flophouses and HK bedspace apartments, not American homeless encampments.