{"text":"@whynothugo @skinnylatte oh and it gets more dystopian. \nThe zoomed out problems of these subdivisions* are:\n1) frequently built in flood or fire risk zones\n2) long drive away from workplaces and services\n3) increasingly impoverished residents\n4) increasing insurance rates because of problem 1\n5) when disaster strikes the rule makers want houses rebuilt the same instead of building stuff that could survive sustainably \n6)laws give homeowners a lot of privileges that renters don't get, so people spend more than they can afford on mortgages because they want the privilege as much as the property\nAnd that's a problem for everybody else because a great deal of the global economy rests on the assumed value of these homes, and climate change is making these homes more risky & expensive to insure, leaving less money for mortgages. *I initially wrote communities but since they don't have gathering places or stores or workplaces or encourage meeting people across gender or age divides they're not really communities","truncated":false,"created_at":"Sat Nov 22 04:06:59 +0900 2025","in_reply_to_status_id":"11562706","uri":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/thesquirrelfish\/statuses\/115589243279829903","source":"ActivityPub","source_link":null,"id":11562707,"in_reply_to_user_id":9987,"in_reply_to_screen_name":"whynothugo","geo":null,"user":{"id":110167,"name":"bloomtime!","screen_name":"thesquirrelfish","location":null,"description":"Walking, reading, riding San Francisco and actively hoping towards a better world.I know just enough to get in trouble in far too many fields cuz I&#39;m usually reading. Flower fan. Therapy is hard to get, sometimes I vent here, sorry if it bothers you, but the personal is political and I stay real. also speculative. determine which is which at your own risk.#parks #bikes #books #dogs #plants #flowers #gardening #place #epistemology #philosophy #anthropology #tellmeplease","profile_image_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/110167-48-20260627210650.webp","profile_image_url_https":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/110167-48-20260627210650.webp","profile_image_url_profile_size":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/110167-96-20260627210650.webp","profile_image_url_original":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/110167-original-tmp20260627174244.webp","groups_count":0,"linkcolor":false,"backgroundcolor":false,"url":null,"protected":false,"followers_count":0,"friends_count":0,"created_at":"Thu Mar 30 01:22:05 +0900 2023","utc_offset":"0","time_zone":"UTC","statuses_count":52,"following":false,"statusnet_blocking":false,"notifications":false,"statusnet_profile_url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@thesquirrelfish","cover_photo":false,"background_image":false,"profile_link_color":false,"profile_background_color":false,"profile_banner_url":false,"is_local":false,"is_silenced":false,"rights":{"delete_user":false,"delete_others_notice":false,"silence":false,"sandbox":false},"is_sandboxed":false,"favourites_count":0},"statusnet_html":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fosstodon.org\/@whynothugo\" class=\"u-url mention\">@whynothugo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@skinnylatte\" class=\"u-url mention\">@skinnylatte<\/a> oh and it gets more dystopian. <br \/>The zoomed out problems of these subdivisions* are:<br \/>1) frequently built in flood or fire risk zones<br \/>2) long drive away from workplaces and services<br \/>3) increasingly impoverished residents<br \/>4) increasing insurance rates because of problem 1<br \/>5) when disaster strikes the rule makers want houses rebuilt the same instead of building stuff that could survive sustainably <br \/>6)laws give homeowners a lot of privileges that renters don't get, so people spend more than they can afford on mortgages because they want the privilege as much as the property<br \/>And that's a problem for everybody else because a great deal of the global economy rests on the assumed value of these homes, and climate change is making these homes more risky &amp; expensive to insure, leaving less money for mortgages. <\/p><p>*I initially wrote communities but since they don't have gathering places or stores or workplaces or encourage meeting people across gender or age divides they're not really communities<\/p>","statusnet_conversation_id":5878918,"statusnet_in_groups":false,"external_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/11562707","in_reply_to_profileurl":"https:\/\/fosstodon.org\/@whynothugo","in_reply_to_ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/fosstodon.org\/users\/whynothugo","attentions":[{"id":9987,"screen_name":"whynothugo","fullname":"Hugo \u96e8\u679c","profileurl":"https:\/\/fosstodon.org\/@whynothugo","ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/fosstodon.org\/users\/whynothugo"},{"id":43116,"screen_name":"skinnylatte","fullname":"Adrianna Tan","profileurl":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@skinnylatte","ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/skinnylatte"}],"fave_num":0,"repeat_num":0,"is_post_verb":true,"is_local":false,"favorited":false,"repeated":false}