On 2019-12-10 2:51 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 2:42:31 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 12/10/2019 9:55 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 9:40:24 AM UTC-5, John Kuthe wrote:
>>>> Two drove off in their FartMobiles on this Frozen AM, and the rest of us homebound are waking slowly, cooking breakFAST, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Just like a real Ad Hoc Family, in my Shared International Student Living house! Increasing population density in desirable existing structures!
>>>>
>>>> John Kuthe, Climate Anarchist and Suburban Renewalist
>>>
>>> We doubled the population density in our desirable existing structure.
>>> Previously a single man lived in the house; now there are two residents.
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>
>>
>> Impressive. If everyone did that the housing problem would be solved.
>>
>> Omar wants the government to spend a trillion dollars to build 12
>> million new homes so everyone has one.
>> https://www.commondreams.org/news/20...deal-framework
>
> Funny, in about 2005 a buddy and I were talking about a solution to
> the Afghanistan problem. We couldn't decide between buying up the
> entire opium crop or paying to build everybody in Afghanistan a
> three-bedroom ranch house with all the bells and whistles. We
> reckoned either one would be cheaper than war.

A number of years ago I watched a program about the housing on an Indian
reserve in Labrador. At the time there was a major problem with the
young people people huffing gasoline. They talked about the housing and
showed some of the houses in the community. All the houses they showed
need some repairs. Their were storm doors with broken window, torn
screens, broken hinges. There were holes in the walls, and wooden
banisters with broken and missing rewels. The curious thing was that
these were not old houses. They were quite new. They were falling about
from old age. They had been subjected to abuse and neglect. I don't know
how one manages to break a hinge on storm door through normal use, but
it is simple enough to repair, and it is pretty easy to replace a ripped
screen.