''Poor Doors''

[jazb]

This winded me up so much so I had to vent. In Central London/ Manhattan, Property developers are being made to build ''affordable housing''. Meaning, sidewalkers get to have the same reward as a fastlaner: a nice fancy apartment in a hotspot of the world. They pay significantly less for it.

The developers have got around this by having separate entrances, one for the sidewalkers and one for the fastlaners. This has caused complete hysteria. people are calling it ''segregation''

Am I the only one who sees how ludicrous this is? Why should someone who has worked an entire decade to build a fortune be forced to live with sidewalkers who have to appreciation for what they have.

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jul/25/poor-doors-segregation-london-flats

 

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[Yury]

They pay significantly less for it.

Ludicrous indeed. How dare they! Forcing people to pay, and what if they can't afford it! I would recommend turn these into some council housing instead.

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Now, on a positive side... I somehow think that among these slowlaners and sidewalkers who will live in that house with fastlaners, at least some percentage will actually ask themselves the question MJ asked himself, How can you really afford it? What should I do to be able to afford it myself?

So if you'll keep your eye on this situation, at some point just go and put MJ's book in all the mailboxes
Probably that's the most constructive thing that you can do in such situation. Cheers.

 

[RogueInnovation]

I liked the article, it was thought provoking

Here was my thought:
We need to make devides more discreet

I find that appealing from a biz perspective cuz it shows that if we devide for different market niches we can kinda do it more discreet and maximise happiness and encourage people wanting to upgrade.


People just don't like reminders that they are poor bro, its not anything to get too hysterical about imo. "How dare they!" sh#t needs to be tossed from peoples vocab, seriously.
You were poor once, I was poor minded once, and I know I was a good man before mindset changes, so I appreciate the "hysteria" of financial devide being less "by the gods NO!" and more "you will someday ".

Being discreet, sounds perfect!