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DelcoWolv t1_iwitx2j wrote

Not a shitpost: give them a block in North Philly and tell them it’s theirs if they fix it up. We used to have 2 million people in the city, we have the room.

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Super_C_Complex t1_iwj5hl0 wrote

I think that's a great idea.

But Republicans would oppose it because "we need to take care of our own first." But then would oppose doing it for people here they'd vote against it as socialism.

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ActualPopularMonster t1_iwjaeea wrote

"I know, let's turn it into luxury apartments, or a 55-and-over community!"

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snoopdrucky t1_iwlbzi8 wrote

Sounds like the Harrisburg city planners. No affordable housing anywhere. Just retirement homes and Ryan homes that cost 300k+

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ActualPopularMonster t1_iwlihtw wrote

Lancaster County has this issue. Very little affordable housing for those who grew up here - but a butt load of "luxury" bullshit and "55+".

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carrigan_quinn t1_iwluytg wrote

Chester County is the same way, so we ran to Lancaster lol

Not much better out here, but the houses and taxes were astronomically less money than Chester

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MomsSpecialFriend t1_iwllmns wrote

Some of the “affordable housing projects” the housing finance agency is granting money to is shockingly unaffordable. I guess anyone building $1200 1bdr apartments can get free money from programs meant to house the poor.

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Rod___father t1_iwllo60 wrote

I wish around me they just built like 5 housing developments. All starting at 460k

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430Richard t1_iwmnyyk wrote

But Republicans have no say in Philadelphia.

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Super_C_Complex t1_iwmtkk0 wrote

If the Republicans ever got back control of the state legislature they'd absolutely make legislation barring this

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BadDesignMakesMeSad t1_iwldkwa wrote

This is a great idea but it would take a substantial amount of money for tools, materials, and inspections for a lot of those areas to get fixed up. At this point, who knows if many of those buildings are even in a fixable condition at this point. Also we would need to pay them for their labor because they also need to eat and I doubt we’d get the state or the feds to that so it would have to come from the city that already can barely pay for the services that it has. Also, just handing people property is possible through the land bank but a lot of the properties are still privately owned, meaning you’d need to buy out the owners.

On paper, it’s a really good idea but logistically it’s quite complicated

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boredoflife96 t1_iwoh414 wrote

We'll just be needing those congressional seats back after the next census.

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Hunkmunculus t1_iwksn6e wrote

Uh what? There’s already so many immigrant families with no options sadly but to live among squalor and drug addicts. They’re already doing this but without some hair brained plot

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RunningOnPunkTime t1_iwl5zkv wrote

That's a great way to condemn migrants to living in squalor when they don't have the resources to "fix it up"

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Starpork t1_iwldf6q wrote

I think it'd be fun if instead of expanding border security like Abbot wants, the Biden administration just directed FEMA dollars to northern cities instead to set these migrants up.

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RunningOnPunkTime t1_iwli6y3 wrote

I think that's an awesome idea. These we should absolutely try to do what we can to ensure these migrants are able to succeed

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Woodyee101 t1_iwljgnf wrote

It would be more cost effective to just shut down the southern border and have migrants come in legally. I understand the shitty politics of flooding the county so illegals vote dem but this is going to cause a catastrophic humanitarian issue across the US

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MomsSpecialFriend t1_iwlluez wrote

You do realize that showing up at the border is a totally legal way to come into this country?

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Starpork t1_iwlpk81 wrote

Dude go talk to farmers about where your food comes if you think it's actually about manufacturing democratic votes. Or look at actual Latino voting trends

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Woodyee101 t1_iwls4or wrote

Are there lots of farms in Philly and NYC?

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Starpork t1_iwltebt wrote

Sorry, I thought you were talking about shutting down the southern border because you didn't understand where all our farmworkers come from and didn't know illegal immigrants can't vote.

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