Housing Bubble 2: Return of the Ugly

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A little slavery never hurt no one. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

I've been to those towns in AZ. The world would lose nothing if they went away.

I don't see any similar outcry about places like Jerome that went to shit when their mines disappeared. Of course, in those cases, the only people hurt were the mine workers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Honestly the communities would probably improve if people had better paying jobs because they weren't competing against slave labor.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

Thing is: There's nothing there

The only businesses I saw in those towns were a lunch counter, the prison, and a shop selling "souvenirs" made by prisoners. Without the prison, there goes 2/3 of your economy (well, probably a lot more than 2/3 unless you pull a serious lunch crowd). So now your town is just a lunch counter in the middle of the desert. If you're lucky, maybe there's a tourist attraction further down the highway bringing travelers who will keep your restaurant open.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Yeah, if it is just one or two businesses in the middle of nowhere without customers, it should fail.

That isn't a community.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

.....I mean......how was the lunch? Good?