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Hard part with these communities is that many were drivers of systemic racism. The charters would oftentimes include rules about who was allowed to move in.

Don't believe me? Look at the current population mix of any of those planned communities. That should be a rough approximation of the races that were allowed to participate.

These communities provided a leg up for anyone that was allowed in. They received a good subsidized community. It did not, and was not meant to, create an equal playing field for everyone.

They would (considering a reasonable government) if the problem was not enough houses. Right now there are enough houses, it's just not affordable. So a reasonable government's actions on this situation would have been to heavily tax people/corporations with high number of houses.

My country is sort of doing that. They're subsidising new builds to large development companies ... who will then sell them off at fucking ridiculous prices that nobody can conceivably afford.

But muh freedumb

The government does help build housing. My apartment complex got over 2 million in PPP loans forgiven, and they built a new complex next to mine while constantly raising my rent, doing construction with backup alarms going off nonstop & shutting down my ability to leave, etc. Best part is I live in a blue state, and the cify made sure they let me know they don't care cause they claimed it meant it would bring more taxpayers to the community.

We keep acting like we'll find other solutions & eat the rich is only a metaphor, but it is the only solution.

Did they actually build a large enough amount to make a difference, or was it just symbolic?