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‘Too many old people’: A rural Pa. town reckons with population loss
  • They say neither Pennsylvania nor the nation can afford to lose small towns and the institutions that power them.

    Lol, why?

    Not only are they a touchstone of American life,

    Very often a hard and poverty stricken life.

    but they are also key to driving certain sectors of the economy, like agriculture.

    What's stopping farms from being built next to suburbs or even within cities with the tech we have now.

    These boomers are why over romanticizing how "good" small town life was. What they're really sad about is disproportionate political power our anti democratic electoral college gave them and the unchecked tin pot dictatorships they often held over small towns. Being able to get away with literal murder sometimes because they personally knew the cops and judges.

    They couldn't care less about the poor quality of life that most citizens of these small towns had. If they did they would have made the necessary investments to attract people (like a handful of small towns have).

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    Female-to-male rape, (how) does it happen without roofies?
  • Women inflict violence by proxy. So she just threatens to get one of her male acquaintances to harm you. This is also why women on male violence appears so much lower then male on woman violence. That and the fact that society is very incredulous and dismissive of male victims of female violence.

  • Bird Flu Pandemic 'Very Likely', Warns Former CDC Director
  • Uh oh, better start buttering up all the nurses and grocery store employees as "hero's" again since this country has done everything possible to screw them in them last 4 years since COVID ended.

  • Hacker Accesses Internal ‘Tile’ Tool That Provides Location Data to Cops
  • I always thought the surveillance state was stupid even for the powerful. The problem is exactly what happened. They surveil their own security forces out of necessity. But if that info leaks it makes those proxies 1000% more vulnerable than the public they're subjugating since way more people have a grudge against police and military personnel than some dweeb that watches Rick and Morty.

  • Introducing Housing_Bubble_2 : Return of the Ugly
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    Lawsuits, customer complaints surround D.R. Horton builds in Lowcountry
    www.live5news.com Lawsuits, customer complaints surround D.R. Horton builds in Lowcountry

    Homeowners in Berkeley and Dorchester Counties say their new homes built by D.R. Horton are practically falling apart, despite county inspectors signing off on them months prior to moving in.

    Lawsuits, customer complaints surround D.R. Horton builds in Lowcountry
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    Calif. lawmaker wants to ban firms from owning over 1,000 homes
    sfstandard.com Calif. lawmaker wants to ban firms from owning over 1,000 homes

    A California lawmaker says corporate landlords are part of the state’s housing crisis and wants to limit them to owning no more than 1,000 single-family homes.

    Calif. lawmaker wants to ban firms from owning over 1,000 homes
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    Washington State Ban on the Unhoused

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15197917

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    Toronto developers are getting desperate as no one is buying condos anymore
    www.blogto.com Toronto developers are getting desperate as no one is buying condos anymore

    Condo sales numbers in and around Toronto have taken a drastic tumble so far this year, and now that the market is starting to lean towards buyers ...

    Toronto developers are getting desperate as no one is buying condos anymore

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/21041217

    > Toronto developers are getting desperate as no one is buying condos anymore > > > Condo sales numbers in and around Toronto have taken a drastic tumble so far this year, and now that the market is starting to lean towards buyers ...

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    He was evicted and his home was later listed on Airbnb. Meanwhile, his landlord hosted a charity event to end homelessness
    www.thestar.com He was evicted and his home was later listed on Airbnb. Meanwhile, his landlord hosted a charity event to end homelessness

    The Landlord and Tenant Board found the landlord's conduct 'deplorable,' saying they clearly took advantage of a vulnerable tenant.

    He was evicted and his home was later listed on Airbnb. Meanwhile, his landlord hosted a charity event to end homelessness

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/21108234

    > He was evicted and his home was later listed on Airbnb. Meanwhile, his landlord hosted a charity event to end homelessness > > > The Landlord and Tenant Board found the landlord's conduct 'deplorable,' saying they clearly took advantage of a vulnerable tenant.

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    How Airbnb accidentally screwed the US housing market and made $100 billion
    www.arktrek.shop How Airbnb accidentally screwed the US housing market and made $100 billion

    Airbnb's success story stands out in stark contrast to the struggles of other startups. Unlike Zillow's disastrous attempt at house-flipping, Airbnb has flourished for over a decade. Their revenue skyrocketed, tripling from $3.3 billion to nearly $10 billion. Even more impressive, they flipped profi...

    How Airbnb accidentally screwed the US housing market and made $100 billion

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15333703

    > How Airbnb accidentally screwed the US housing market and made $100 billion

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    Renters need to make roughly $20,000 more a year to afford the typical rent than they did 5 years ago
    fortune.com Renters need to make roughly $20,000 more a year to afford the typical rent than they did 5 years ago

    “Since pre-pandemic, the income needed to afford rent has increased by 31.5%,” Zillow’s chief economist, Skylar Olsen, wrote yesterday.

    Renters need to make roughly $20,000 more a year to afford the typical rent than they did 5 years ago

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15303533

    > Renters need to make roughly $20,000 more a year to afford the typical rent than they did 5 years ago

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    American Airlines is Issuing 'Poverty Verification Letters' For New-Hire Flight Attendants Because Their Wages Are So Low
    www.paddleyourownkanoo.com American Airlines is Issuing 'Poverty Verification Letters' For New-Hire Flight Attendants Because Their Wages Are So Low

    American Airlines is reportedly issuing so-called ‘poverty verification letters’ for some new-hire flight attendants based in the most expensive metro areas in the United States, urging the recipients to help out the flight attendant because they are only set to warn little more than $27,000 per yea...

    American Airlines is Issuing 'Poverty Verification Letters' For New-Hire Flight Attendants Because Their Wages Are So Low

    cross-posted from: https://kbin.earth/m/nottheonion@lemmy.world/t/90648

    > American Airlines is Issuing 'Poverty Verification Letters' For New-Hire Flight Attendants Because Their Wages Are So Low

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    Have you tipped your landlord for Mother's Day?

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    > Have you tipped your landlord for Mother's Day?

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    bOth sIDeS aRe ThE SaME!!1!

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    Maui Mayor Richard Bissen announces bill to phase out vacation rentals in apartment districts | Maui Now
    mauinow.com Maui Mayor Richard Bissen announces bill to phase out vacation rentals in apartment districts | Maui Now

    Thousands of short-term vacation rental apartments could begin switching to long-term housing for residents as early as July 1, 2025, for West Maui, and Jan. 1, 2026, for the rest of Maui County in a proposed measure announced today by Mayor Richard Bissen.

    Maui Mayor Richard Bissen announces bill to phase out vacation rentals in apartment districts | Maui Now

    An estimated 7000 AirBnB rentals to be eliminated by 2026.

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