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> So why build more of these bad ones near nice areas? Can't we just build more in bad areas? It's supposed to be cheap so why not build in cheaper areas?

Ah yes, let's make sure to put all the new poors who want to move in with all the existing poors. Can't let them live anywhere else, or they might start getting ideas.

Do you really think this plan is equitable?

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Everyone has equal opportunity I believe. Equal outcome? That's Bs. I'm a hard worker and decently smart. Do I get to own a single family home with a large yard in Malibu?? No? Why not!! That's not equitable is it!

Equity isn’t equal outcome. How does building housing for poor people next to rich people give equal outcome?

What does "building housing for poor people" even mean? I assume you mean building housing so inexpensive that even "poor" people can afford it. I just don't understand how you build housing in Malibu that is so cheap a McDonalds employee can afford it... Yet somehow this McDonald's employee doesn't just sell it to a rich person for 10x next year. If a McDonalds employee can afford a $100k mortgage (can they?), And they somehow get this condo for $100k in Malibu, wouldn't they sell it to someone like me ASAP and cash out? Because I'd buy a condo in Malibu for $300k cash tomorrow, but I'm sure others would bid it up to well above that. How do you make houses so bad that no one bids it up?

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