while it's true that there's more economic opportunity in the u.s., there's a reason that in belarus rents are as low as $300 a month and houses can be bought or built for $30k, the fact that they don't require people to have plumbing. if you could pay $400 a month in rent on a house, would you want running water and a septic tank installed despite that 2x'ing or 3x'ing cost of living? i think people should have the right to make that choice. an outhouse and a water well are how we lived for centuries are do no harm provided they are maintained properly. when you artificially inflate the price of housing through codes you decrease supply and that's how we get the fucking mess we have now in the usa. let the poor people build homesteads if they cannot afford anything else.
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