- 21 Mar 2021 13:46
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I have no faith that Biden will raise taxes on the rich, and will just make a half-assed attempt that doesn't go anywhere.
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Rugoz wrote:If rents are so much higher on the free market, the access to the low-renting housing must be restricted by other means. They cannot be "widely available" as you claim.
Rugoz wrote:That presumes most people work in the city centers and not in the outskirts, and it presumes public transit is bad.
Fasces wrote:Widely available in the sense that its easy to find affordable apartments in the city center. There is no shortage of affordable housing forcing people who work in low-wage jobs in urban centers to commute for hours.
Fasces wrote:The quality of public transit has nothing to do with the time spent wasted on public transit.
If you live an hour and a half outside of Chicago's city center, it doesn't matter whether the train taking you there is world class. It still takes an hour and a half. Each way. Every day.
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wat0n wrote:PS: The public transit doesn't suck here.
Rugoz wrote:How long is your commute?
wat0n wrote:40 minutes or even less. But I live within the city limits, the people @Fasces is probably talking about are those who live in the suburbs and commute to the city. You can do that using public transit but it takes longer because the distances are longer.
I guess I could include poor neighborhoods there but honestly plenty of poor people Uber to the subway (which is old as hell and ugly, but still does the job somehow) if they are far from a bus stop or a subway station.
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