So people would be provided housing and cars even if not working. That’s a right to those items which would require no work. That’s unworkable.
There should be some housing available to people who have fallen on hard times to no fault of their own or have been made incapable of work.
Ideally we should have an economy in which home purchasing is in the reach of young professionals and tradesmen so they can marry and form families early.
But here’s the kicker. Sensible practices, including appropriately dealing with criminals aren’t going to be implemented again or introduced any time soon. I predict we will be in these Dark Ages for a long time.
Here in Los Angeles both the police departments, hospitals and fire departments have despicable overweight employees, the ones that I noticed who are in fairly good shape are the paramedics. Sad world we live in.
Depending on where you work as a paramedic, this can wind up becoming a very taxing, physical job. Carrying patients on retractable stretchers, performing CPR, carrying equipment, ascending and descending flights of stairs etc.
I live in a relatively small town in a fairly rural, low-populated state. It’s not NYC, LA, SF, or even really in an area where people from those big cities are buying cabins or second homes. A few local businessmen have bought probably upwards of 100 cheap homes over the past couple of years, turning most of them into overpriced apartments. A house was recently for sale for $52k, and was sold in like 2 days. There’s another 40 houses for sale in town, pretty much all 20+ years old, single-story, between 2-4 bedrooms, none sitting on large plots of land or anything, and most cost $300-500k. Half a mil for an average house in small town South Dakota? Yikes. Empty plots of land in nearby areas cost $50-70k for like 2/3’s of an acre. And then you’d have to build a house.
My girlfriend is planning on staying at home with the kid(s) when I’m done with school, and none of the career fields I’m considering pay very much (probably teaching). I’m not “complaining” and I don’t expect the government to save me, but it is going to be hard to afford a home. I see a need for teachers in my community and my family thinks it’s best to have a parent at home with the kids (if possible) but to make that happen is going to make other things hard.
I know a lot of farmers and ranchers, and pretty much all have said it is just about impossible to start in those fields without inheriting land from family. Land is just too expensive. Half of the ones in my state don’t even own all their land, they rent from real estate companies in Minneapolis and Denver. It’s too bad that the average American can basically never hope to become a farmer.
It is a very bad situation. If you mention this to some people, they advise people to just “work harder”. When young people who did what they had to do, invested in the system, carved out a profession or trade, and then cannot afford modest homes and family formation at young ages, something is wrong. But then politicians and talking heads will whine about plummeting birthrates and the apathy and immaturity of young people or disengaged men who don’t give a damn anymore. Or they’ll mention the increased suicide rates, give plausible explanations for it, but offer no insight about improving the situation.
Some of the aforementioned people misinterpret this and will think you are a socialist/commie and ingrate for pointing this out, similar to pointing out that Elon Musk had a bad hair day or making unflattering remarks about billionaires somehow shows one to be anti-capitalist.
Thats too complicated. You should e-migrate instead.
I’ll rent you a nice virtual condo with all amenities within walking distances to quaint shops and fine dining for only $200.00 usd/mo.
You can have all of the advantages of a real booming economy there and be a pioneer in virtual living here, all from the comfort of your lifepod (additional fees and tax rates may apply).
The area @jshaving is talking about is one of the more affordable areas in the US. In general though, it is one of the poorest areas of the US (if I am not mistaken on his location).
I have a buddy that owns two adjacent houses near that area (I think my buddy is in the adjacent county to jshaving). He bought each for $30K about 8-10 years ago. I’ve been out there quite a bit, and I’ll tell you it’s probably a different vibe than you’re thinking. It is rural, but there is quite a bit of crime (and gangs). I’ve thought when showing up at night that I really don’t want my car to break down.
The county he is in is the poorest county in the US. With that comes the things associated with poverty. He has had his houses broken into as well as his car. He gets called slurs while out.
This is what I expected for 50K/house as that is dirt cheap.
Buy the property, sit on it for decade. Perhaps the area improves with time… or worsens… who knows
There are specific indicators of a good buy, but unpredictability is rifle when it comes to buying property as an investment in questionable neighbourhoods
So the county he is in is a reservation. I hope they do improve with time, but it isn’t an area that is going to see gentrification IMO.
I’d like to see there be options available to people in those areas as far as accessing loans. Many don’t have much credit history or even bank accounts. I think there is a lot of people that could start businesses and employ others in those areas if they were given a chance.
I just heard a story about a guy from that area that was working construction, but wanted to start a business. He wanted to buy a machine to do gutter work, and a trailer. He needed about 15K IIRC. He didn’t have a bank account or credit history. I guess there is a newish credit union out there that worked with him. They got him a bank account and I think a credit card with a low total amount he could take out, and had him build his credit. After about a year he got the loan, and has been successful so far in his business. I think stuff like this is how those areas will improve at least initially.
These things always collapse. The federal government has become far too large and powerful, and the only thing keeping the country from splitting into more more sensibly-sized pieces is the threat of aggression from the federal government. So, it’s probably best to just let it kill itself.
Doesn’t look like her property. If it’s a common area, as it appears, and all that happened is as it appears…the guy would have been 100% justified in shooting her(I’ll note that I’m not sure what state this happened in, and I have no idea how crazy its laws are…but in a sane location)as she brandished the knife.