Yan Yu Lin and her seven-year-old daughter live in a tight studio in San Francisco’s Chinatown, in a century-old building where 60 or so residents on each floor share a bathroom.
Along the back wall of the room is a plastic potty – the kind designed for toilet training toddlers. The shared bathrooms are out of order so often, so rank and unhygienic, that Lin has her daughter use the plastic potty instead. “It’s safer,” she said.
This Dickensian-sounding living situation is more common in the US than most would think.
No, it’s really not, it’s just that you retards forced any upgrades and renovations into taxes instead.
Sounds a lot like the back-to-backs of England - perhaps not surprising considering they have were built at roughly the same time.
As back-to-backs were built as the cheapest possible housing for the impoverished working class, their construction was usually sub-standard. Their configuration did not allow for sufficient ventilation or sanitation. Toilets and water supplies were shared with multiple households in enclosed courtyards. Back-to-backs gained an unfavourable reputation for poor levels of health and hygiene.
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No, it’s really not, it’s just that you retards forced any upgrades and renovations into taxes instead.
Bingo.
The misery of the back-to-backs was slowly remedied throughout the course of the 20th century - basically none were left in the original forms by the late 70's/early 80's - they were all either demolished or renovated to have their own toilets.
One of the people mentioned in the article is some Mexican woman with two kids, working as a cleaner.
I'm sorry, but do you really need to live in freaking San Francisco?
The Chinese woman, also alone with a kid, mentioned no occupation.
People act so indignant about this, but living in expensive cities won't work for everyone. Single motherhood is not a good idea. Just so many different choices made by these people that only made their situation worse.
1, try not being a single mother. Sure, that will mean things like... no irresponsible sex and "relationships".
2, try building a career. Again, maybe it won't work for everyone.
3, avoid places that are ridiculously overpriced. It's not like you can't find lower tier jobs elsewhere. Sure, dollar by dollar, you may earn more in SF and such, but your expenses are WAY higher. Plus, more people are competing for the same jobs/apartments/everything.
Bingo. My lefty sister sent me a YouTube video that featured a family (mom + dad + 3 kids) who had recently moved to a big city and were homeless. My sister thought it was unfair and of course it was also a sign of capitalism being evil. 🙄
Why the FUCK would you move your family to a city without having a job or at least a place to stay lined up?? Fucking idiots man I swear...
I'm not clownpilled, but that's funny in how dumb those people are. It's like laughing at someone putting down a "caution: slippery" sign then pratfalling right on top of it. It's financial slapstick.
Here are the following people who should move to the big city:
Homeless who seek a place where when they die, the body will be found relatively quickly.
Billionaires who want to figure out creative ways to die.
Gang fighting idiots who want to make meat fireworks out of their own bodies as they get shot up by rival gangs.
And that's the list. If you're not on that list, you're at least somewhat better off avoiding big cities as living locations.
Far-left governments create countless regulations that make building and owning houses unattainable for normal people and unprofitable for companies.
Fewer houses get built. The few that get built get rented by the state who can afford any price to house migrants. And then the retards complain about skyrocketing rents and demand expropriation. Yea, that'll fix the housing market, fucknuts!
Nationalizing the housing market will work, because the government will no longer be able to point fingers at the private sector. Any problems will be clearly and obviously the governments fault, so they will be forced to get off their asses and fix them.
If you haven’t noticed by now, government (especially leftist ones) never stop pointing the finger. Ever. And the very act of fixing something admits their shortcomings, so nothing will ever get done.
Originally it was economic incentives, there was far more opportunities for independent wealth and freedom from generational poverty. Now it’s just retarded people who have become the generational poverty, which is why flight from liberal hellholes has skyrocketed.
They were willing to be crowded because it used to allow greater opportunities. Economic being the primary, which is why the “starving artist” trope only exists in massive Metropolitan areas, when a large source of capital is available in an area then people will flock to it. Think of it like how Californian companies are fleeing to Texas cities, Californian cities are larger but the government has made capital access minimal, so the businesses move to areas where there is more capital to access. This is also why corporations moved “headquarters” to poor countries who offer cheaper accommodations. A prostitute could make more money than most skilled labor jobs in a city simply because the access to capital is greater.
And that's where the seeds of the city's later corruption and decline starts, right when the thing seems the healthiest. It isn't just legit businessmen that contribute positive things that are attracted to a growing boom town.
The Plague didn't stop excess farm boys from moving into the cities for all the job opportunities and cheap housing that the disease opened up for the survivors.
Anyway, pretty much any now-big, squalid city started out as a "boom town".
Exactly this. They're herd animals. The idea of existing outside of the supposed safety of the herd frightens them.
The irony, of course, is that cities are objectively the least safe places to be on the planet, whether because of crime, disease, their high value as military targets, or how easily disrupted their fragile parasitic ecosystem is by a single blocked road.
There was a very short time in my life I thought about it, back then I lived closer to the city than I do now. One big pro when you do live in a city is driving can be a brutal and irritating experience. So the allure of being able to walk places isn't bad. Particularly back then I was having to commute 5 days a week, burning away many hours in a car in traffic is a horrible way to start and end every day.
I've since changed jobs and I was working from home the majority of the time even before Covid world. So I moved out to the fringe suburban areas. When I did have to go to the office, it was a long way but it's wasn't that common and now it's almost not at all. It's so much better being further out from all that mess, just to be able to go about daily business without dealing with the driving alone. I think in hindsight if I had ended up in an actual dense urban condo I would have not lasted a year. No space to work on projects, build things, etc along with being surrounded by leftists would have been a total no-go.
I don't get it myself. I look forward to moving to a nice small countryside location instead of the city. I don't get why people would rather pay out the ass for an apartment rather than save up for some land elsewhere.
I live in a city, but despite it being left wing it's not crammed like San Francisco is but it's plagued by high rent because of government interference allowing rich investors to get priority over citizens on housing.
That being said, city life lets you save a lot of time and money getting around, because the shit around you is nearby. It means you don't have to burn money on shit like a car to move around - you can bike/walk to most of the things you need.
You spend less time commuting to your job (at least for me). My job is 5 minutes away from where I live and most of the stuff I need is 5-15 minutes away.
You don't waste time commuting and sitting in traffic going to and from your suburban/rural home.
However, unless I'm being paid 6 to 7 figures, nothing would make me want to live in shitholes like NYC and San Francisco.
These are all places with heavy handed rent control. They are so caught up in the hate the evil landlord concept that they don't realize that residential property is not nearly as lucrative of a business as they think. Most of the value comes in potential growth of equity and paying down leverage (i.e. paying the mortgage). When subtract loan payments, taxes, and operating costs from rent there's not much left over.
Rent control, eviction moratoriums, etc. only limit the income to the owner more. Less income equals less money and incentive to do any improvement. I have residential rentals and I wouldn't touch property even near a blue city, it's not worth the trouble.
The story of plumbing poverty in San Francisco is inextricably tied to unaffordable housing
They’re not crying, they’re doubling down. The overarching narrative is that CA’s bold leaders would have saved us all by now but those damn home owning nimbys (guess the demographics) don’t want 2,000 unit Chinese-funded, air-bnb condo complexes built in their suburban neighborhoods.
So these immigrants come here and decide to stay in one of the most expensive cities in the country?
The situation is difficult for her to talk about. When she moved to San Francisco from China, Lin never imagined living like this. “When I speak to my dad back home, I try not to give him too many details about my life here,” she said. “I don’t want to make him upset.”
I know, it's terrible here. San Francisco is one of the best cities we have I can't imagine how terrible the rest of the country is. She would be smart to just move back home and put this whole mistake behind her.
Until recently Rosa Ramiréz and her two daughters lived in a studio apartment without a working bathroom in San Francisco...The sink spewed yellow colored water, and the toilet wasn’t properly connected to the building’s plumbing system. Ramiréz’s rent was $2,300 a month.
I know, it's terrible here. San Francisco is one of the best cities we have I can't imagine how terrible the rest of the country is. She would be smart to just move back home and put this whole mistake behind her.
No, it’s really not, it’s just that you retards forced any upgrades and renovations into taxes instead.
They get what they vote for. They earned this with their actions. Now they blame everyone but themselves.
If not commiefornians, it will be afghanis and haitians. They will replace via demographic shift as a highest priority.
Sounds a lot like the back-to-backs of England - perhaps not surprising considering they have were built at roughly the same time.
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Bingo.
The misery of the back-to-backs was slowly remedied throughout the course of the 20th century - basically none were left in the original forms by the late 70's/early 80's - they were all either demolished or renovated to have their own toilets.
One of the people mentioned in the article is some Mexican woman with two kids, working as a cleaner.
I'm sorry, but do you really need to live in freaking San Francisco?
The Chinese woman, also alone with a kid, mentioned no occupation.
People act so indignant about this, but living in expensive cities won't work for everyone. Single motherhood is not a good idea. Just so many different choices made by these people that only made their situation worse.
1, try not being a single mother. Sure, that will mean things like... no irresponsible sex and "relationships".
2, try building a career. Again, maybe it won't work for everyone.
3, avoid places that are ridiculously overpriced. It's not like you can't find lower tier jobs elsewhere. Sure, dollar by dollar, you may earn more in SF and such, but your expenses are WAY higher. Plus, more people are competing for the same jobs/apartments/everything.
But no, just screech for handouts.
Bingo. My lefty sister sent me a YouTube video that featured a family (mom + dad + 3 kids) who had recently moved to a big city and were homeless. My sister thought it was unfair and of course it was also a sign of capitalism being evil. 🙄
Why the FUCK would you move your family to a city without having a job or at least a place to stay lined up?? Fucking idiots man I swear...
Tell your sister she's a communist.
I'd laugh at the situation.
I'm not clownpilled, but that's funny in how dumb those people are. It's like laughing at someone putting down a "caution: slippery" sign then pratfalling right on top of it. It's financial slapstick.
Here are the following people who should move to the big city:
And that's the list. If you're not on that list, you're at least somewhat better off avoiding big cities as living locations.
I am from the future and I can tell you what's going to happen next: expropriation of home owners and nationalization of the housing market.
Berlin just voted for this exact same scenario this weekend:
Berliners vote for the expropriation of large housing companies (auto-translated article)
Far-left governments create countless regulations that make building and owning houses unattainable for normal people and unprofitable for companies.
Fewer houses get built. The few that get built get rented by the state who can afford any price to house migrants. And then the retards complain about skyrocketing rents and demand expropriation. Yea, that'll fix the housing market, fucknuts!
At least they're not speaking German!
Why is that pictures women and gays? What does that have to do with the socialization of housing companies?
It's a leftist movement. What do you expect? Those people are literally the organization that campaigned for this shit.
That's who voted for it
Nationalizing the housing market will work, because the government will no longer be able to point fingers at the private sector. Any problems will be clearly and obviously the governments fault, so they will be forced to get off their asses and fix them.
Dumbest take I’ve seen this week.
If you haven’t noticed by now, government (especially leftist ones) never stop pointing the finger. Ever. And the very act of fixing something admits their shortcomings, so nothing will ever get done.
I shot milk out my nose
Originally it was economic incentives, there was far more opportunities for independent wealth and freedom from generational poverty. Now it’s just retarded people who have become the generational poverty, which is why flight from liberal hellholes has skyrocketed.
They were willing to be crowded because it used to allow greater opportunities. Economic being the primary, which is why the “starving artist” trope only exists in massive Metropolitan areas, when a large source of capital is available in an area then people will flock to it. Think of it like how Californian companies are fleeing to Texas cities, Californian cities are larger but the government has made capital access minimal, so the businesses move to areas where there is more capital to access. This is also why corporations moved “headquarters” to poor countries who offer cheaper accommodations. A prostitute could make more money than most skilled labor jobs in a city simply because the access to capital is greater.
And that's where the seeds of the city's later corruption and decline starts, right when the thing seems the healthiest. It isn't just legit businessmen that contribute positive things that are attracted to a growing boom town.
The Plague didn't stop excess farm boys from moving into the cities for all the job opportunities and cheap housing that the disease opened up for the survivors.
Anyway, pretty much any now-big, squalid city started out as a "boom town".
Weak people that require the herd to survive.
Exactly this. They're herd animals. The idea of existing outside of the supposed safety of the herd frightens them.
The irony, of course, is that cities are objectively the least safe places to be on the planet, whether because of crime, disease, their high value as military targets, or how easily disrupted their fragile parasitic ecosystem is by a single blocked road.
There was a very short time in my life I thought about it, back then I lived closer to the city than I do now. One big pro when you do live in a city is driving can be a brutal and irritating experience. So the allure of being able to walk places isn't bad. Particularly back then I was having to commute 5 days a week, burning away many hours in a car in traffic is a horrible way to start and end every day.
I've since changed jobs and I was working from home the majority of the time even before Covid world. So I moved out to the fringe suburban areas. When I did have to go to the office, it was a long way but it's wasn't that common and now it's almost not at all. It's so much better being further out from all that mess, just to be able to go about daily business without dealing with the driving alone. I think in hindsight if I had ended up in an actual dense urban condo I would have not lasted a year. No space to work on projects, build things, etc along with being surrounded by leftists would have been a total no-go.
I don't get it myself. I look forward to moving to a nice small countryside location instead of the city. I don't get why people would rather pay out the ass for an apartment rather than save up for some land elsewhere.
I live in a city, but despite it being left wing it's not crammed like San Francisco is but it's plagued by high rent because of government interference allowing rich investors to get priority over citizens on housing.
That being said, city life lets you save a lot of time and money getting around, because the shit around you is nearby. It means you don't have to burn money on shit like a car to move around - you can bike/walk to most of the things you need.
You spend less time commuting to your job (at least for me). My job is 5 minutes away from where I live and most of the stuff I need is 5-15 minutes away.
You don't waste time commuting and sitting in traffic going to and from your suburban/rural home.
However, unless I'm being paid 6 to 7 figures, nothing would make me want to live in shitholes like NYC and San Francisco.
These are all places with heavy handed rent control. They are so caught up in the hate the evil landlord concept that they don't realize that residential property is not nearly as lucrative of a business as they think. Most of the value comes in potential growth of equity and paying down leverage (i.e. paying the mortgage). When subtract loan payments, taxes, and operating costs from rent there's not much left over.
Rent control, eviction moratoriums, etc. only limit the income to the owner more. Less income equals less money and incentive to do any improvement. I have residential rentals and I wouldn't touch property even near a blue city, it's not worth the trouble.
They’re not crying, they’re doubling down. The overarching narrative is that CA’s bold leaders would have saved us all by now but those damn home owning nimbys (guess the demographics) don’t want 2,000 unit Chinese-funded, air-bnb condo complexes built in their suburban neighborhoods.
Disgusting. It reminds me of accounts from inside the Kowloon Walled City.
Up next - Cholera and Typhus make a big come-back.
What do you mean, up next? LA was having typhus cases back in 2019. Then with the WuFlu everyone stopped talking about it, but seems it is still around
So these immigrants come here and decide to stay in one of the most expensive cities in the country?
I know, it's terrible here. San Francisco is one of the best cities we have I can't imagine how terrible the rest of the country is. She would be smart to just move back home and put this whole mistake behind her.
I know, it's terrible here. San Francisco is one of the best cities we have I can't imagine how terrible the rest of the country is. She would be smart to just move back home and put this whole mistake behind her.