Hundreds of unsheltered people living in tent encampments in the blocks surrounding the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco have been forced to leave by city outreach workers and police as part of an attempted “clean up the house” ahead of this week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s annual free trade conference.
The action, which housing advocates allege violated a court injunction, was celebrated by right-wing figures and the tech crowd, who have long been convinced that the city is in terminal decline because of an increase in encampments in the downtown area.
The X account End Wokness wrote that the displacement was proof the “government can easily fix our cities overnight. It just doesn’t want to” (the post received 77,000 likes). “Queer Eye but it’s just Xi visiting troubled US cities then they get a makeover,” joked Packy McCormick, the founder of Not Boring Capital and advisor to Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto VC team. The New York Post celebrated the action, saying that residents had “miraculously disappeared.”
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You need to brush up on your reading comprehension.
People feel entitled to live in major cities. They think life outside of one doesn’t matter and they’d rather be homeless in LA than living in a house in Bald Knob.
Those who try to spend taxpayer money to house people in major cities think they’re above supply and demand and entitled to live in major cities even if they can’t afford it. They’re important though, because they funnel taxpayer money to landlords.
What in the hell are you on about. There is no one choosing to be homeless in LA who can afford a house in bumblefuck.
Per your other point there is nothing about the US housing market that is subject to natural supply and demand. It’s a perverted tapestry of incumbents doing whatever they can to keep as many people priced out as possible.
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Probably because you ignore facts you don’t like.
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You’re absolutely right and I’m baffled that you and some others are getting down voted so heavily with only one critical response. Either there are a lot of dim bulbs in this comment section or someone is manipulating votes. Interceptor there has an unusual distribution of vote frequency, making all of his comments outliers. Looks like someone is cheating at Lemmy. What a weirdo.
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