Unpopular Opinion
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How voting works:
Vote the opposite of the norm.
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- If your post is a "General" unpopular opinion, start the subject with [GENERAL].
- If it is a Lemmy-specific unpopular opinion, start it with [LEMMY].
Rules:
1. NO POLITICS
Politics is everywhere. Let's make this about [general] and [lemmy] - specific topics, and keep politics out of it.
2. Be civil.
Disagreements happen, but that doesn’t provide the right to personally attack others. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Please also refrain from gatekeeping others' opinions.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
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4. Shitposts and memes are allowed but...
Only until they prove to be a problem. They can and will be removed at moderator discretion.
5. No trolling.
This shouldn't need an explanation. If your post or comment is made just to get a rise with no real value, it will be removed. You do this too often, you will get a vacation to touch grass, away from this community for 1 or more days. Repeat offenses will result in a perma-ban.
6. Defend your opinion
This is a bit of a mix of rules 4 and 5 to help foster higher quality posts. You are expected to defend your unpopular opinion in the post body. We don't expect a whole manifesto (please, no manifestos), but you should at least provide some details as to why you hold the position you do.
Instance-wide rules always apply. https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/
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Trailer parks suffer many of the same pitfalls that "the projects" do. Economic opportunity and mobility is largely impacted by who your neighbors are. If all your neighbors are low income and struggling to get by, you'll have a hard time making connections that land you a better paying job. Large concentrations of struggling people also attracts exploitative companies to set up shop nearby and pull laborers from the marginalized community.
Some cities have achieved measures of success in requiring luxury condo and apartment buildings to include a certain number of low income housing units. Maybe you could do something similar to require a variety of price tiers in new housing developments.
Trailers and manufactured homes also use the worst of building materials available. Lots of formaldehyde containing material, super thin walls, poor ventilation, etc. Do you remember the fema trailers after hurricane Katrina? Trailers are better than being homeless, but i would much prefer that we focus on getting people into small affordable housing that doesn't carry health risks.
We shouldn't shame people for living in trailer parks, but I wouldn't encourage anyone to live in one either.