No. This is actually perfectly normal and has been throughout history.
This is a flophouse/hostel/barracks by another name. The concept of these largely predate (modern) capitalism and they are still a very popular model in a lot of high population density cities.
The relative cost and code violations… also just speak to the relative cost of housing. Which is “normal” capitalism.
xkforce@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Late stage capitalism? They were doing shit like this in the 1800s. It IS capitalism.
kaitco@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Like, seriously. It’s always been a thing.
In the 1800s, you could rent a space on a rope overnight so that you could drape yourself over it and have a place to sleep that night that wasn’t on the freezing, urine-soaked ground.
This has long been an issue.
TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Holy balls. That was a wild read.
skymtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
revolution time!
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 1 year ago
Yea, in my city (where owning your apartment was pretty much impossible until 20th century), people rented out corners inside normal apartments.