Comments by "Gabe" (@gabetalks9275) on "GEN" channel.

The reason why Japan doesn't have a homelessness crisis is because their loose zoning laws allow them to build more than twice as much as housing as there are people in Japan. Meanwhile, here in the US, 75% of the US is zoned exclusively for single-family zoning, manufacturing artificial scarcity while also leading to the lucky few who can afford a home being overhoused due to the average size of houses growing into McMansions over the past 60 years. Combine this with the fact that parking minimums and density being made illegal basically everywhere, and car ownership has become a mandatory tax that even the middle class is struggling to continue affording. One used car costs more than the entire annual income of a low-income family of four. That's insane. If we want to combat homelessness, the first thing we need to do is to abolish single-family zoning and parking minimums, build missing middle housing, embrace public transit and micromobility. Housing first units are illegal to build in the vast majority of this country, so we can't even hope to follow Finland's example unless we change our zoning laws. Humans have been building walkable communities since the dawn of civilization, and there's a reason for that. It's long overdue for us to let go of our automobile realism and realize that because car dependency and "jaywalking" are just a recent inventions made up by the auto and oil lobbies to monopolize transit and by extension, control the quality of life of every American.
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@cuve_ae That housing structure you're referring to in the backyard is an ADU (Accessory Dwelling Unit), and they are legal to build in certain neighborhoods. They're increasing becoming legalized as a way to increase density and build more missing middle housing.
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Project 2025 should have every American terrified right now, so... yeah...
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@fusion360music6 The plan was drafted by Trump's associates, so yes it does. The plan is for the next Republican president, regardless of who that may be.
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@charlotte7268 Politicians can lie... Just because Trump says he's never heard of it, doesn't mean he's telling the truth.
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The solution is a tote bag. The problem is that terminally online people who are obsessed with following trends insist on buying dozens of them per year when they only need one for their whole life.
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@Mr_Jamin007 If you're buying for a family, you'll probably only need around 4 at best.
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@Mr_Jamin007 Obviously they can break, but they're usually very durable and fit a lot.
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 @primalblissco In Finland, their housing first apartments are basically rehab centers. The residents there receive care while they're living in their apartments.
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@JustKyzuuh People don't just become homeless because they wasted their opportunities. A lot of them go homeless because they lived pay check to pay check and suddenly, be it something like a car crash, an injury that put them in the hospital, or something as getting let go from their job and can't find another one that they wind up on the street. Life hits people with curveballs at the worst possible times and if you're putting over half of your income into just barely being able to afford rent only to have to suddenly start paying thousands of dollars in medical bills and car insurance that you can't afford because you got into a car crash, then you're screwed. Now imagine being victim blamed for being homeless after experiencing that. That's what we're dealing with here.
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