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Chicago meeting turns ugly as residents protest planned migrant camp in local neighborhood: 'Nobody asked us'
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Not in my backyard!
Aren't there supposedly empty offices everywhere that no one shuts the fuck up about?
There are, but they're not very practical to convert over. You have to add/move almost every wall, run all new plumbling and electric, redo the hvac, basically just redo the entire building.
I've heard claims that its often better and cheaper to just knock down and rebuild from scratch. I haven't seen the math but I believe it.
Imo, thats what should be done, rebuild from scratch, but limited construction workers, limited hours in a day.
Did you not read the last bit of my comment?
We should rebuild from scratch, as per my last comment.
Sometime it is, sometimes it isn't. It's incredibly situational.
The zoning laws need to be relaxed across the board, which is a big part of why it's hard to convert. It would also probably just be better if the government went halvsies on the cost of conversion with developers. It would be cheaper than the government funding brand new projects, and it would make it more economically viable for developers to do conversions. Because the total cost to society will almost always be higher to rebuild from scratch.
That, and quite a lot of pollution is created in the process of tearing down and rebuilding a brand new building. We already payed for the pollution for these buildings the first time around, we should avoid a 2nd round if possible.
doesn't Chicago get really, really cold in the winter?
Now that's going to be a shit show, they better figure something out before winter
more chiraqrifices
I'm glad people are learning.
So you're going to host the migrants then?
Absolutely. It's the morally correct thing to do, as well as being better for the economy.
neat, where do you live?
I'm not going to give out my location in a place fascists/fascist sympathizers hang out.
If you're not going to do anything to pay into society, then don't expect anything in return. Don't use the roads, internet, police, firemen, anything. Don't buy groceries at your local shop, don't use any hospitals, don't use electricity.
But that's probably not what you do. You gladly accept the benefits of society. Therefore you have a responsibility to pay it back.