Dave Smith wrote:
> 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.
>
>

It's not just the native americans. Check any big city in the US and
you'll find these types of communities. They used to call them
housing "projects". Some were hispanic, some negro, but all these
"projects" were hotbeds of crime.

The tenants always destroyed these places within a few years,
necessitating completely new construction.

I don't know what they are called now, but in the past they usually
had fanciful names, like Bedford Towers, or Oxford Terrace.