I assume you’re Canadian. This is a problem across North America. Almost nowhere is safe now.

The construction industry scaled way back in 2008, and it never really scaled back up in North America. We’re not building enough to keep pace with population growth and to replace aging homes.

We need to build, not blame each other.

The guy above you is pretty rude, but if you’re curious, The Daily had a good piece on housing prices.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/podcasts/the-daily/housing-crisis-michigan.html

Like most economists, they believe it is a supply problem. But more importantly, they claim that many North American contractors downsized or went out of business during the 2008 mortgage crisis, that industry never scaled back up, and were simply not building at the rate we were 20 years ago.

In other words, we need to incentivize and more people getting into construction.

(And now the construction industry is worried that Mexican labor will get deported under Trump, so, oof)

I’m lucky enough to have dual EU nation citizenship from my childhood. Going to be digging through my childhood paperwork in case I need it.

It was very close. As predicted, the battleground states all came down to 1 or 2 percent. Everything fell within the margins of error.

Unfortunately, the 1 or 2 percent leans all went in Trump’s direction.

We both know you are not safe.

Don’t know if this is sympathy or if you’re out front of their door in a bush right now.

Me

Slashdot > Digg > Reddit > Lemmy

Stupid sexy crack head

Real talk - lemmy’s mod tools blow, and the only way to combat this shit is if more people volunteer to help keep an eye on the report inbox.

So if you see a community that is struggling to address reports in a timely way, they’ll likely appreciate anyone that offers to help mod.

National defense is not what the “tank” in tankie refers to.

Nothing says democracy like a tank.

Tankie.tube? I like my instances like I like my socialism, democratic.

Gen X and Boomers looking at Millennials… “I wish my knees and back were in that good of shape.”

That instance name.

Venn diagram right:

Me in 1996 when Metallica plays a surprise free concert in a Tower Records parking lot and the boys are trying to spread the word.

Venn diagram left:

Hezbollah in Lebanon

Venn diagram overlap:

“Damn, my pager is blowing up!”

Save the grape for me.

IMHO, Trump wants to debate her on immigration policy, and that’s the stuff that fires up his base. I think she made the right call by shutting down the debate around the topic.

If we want to keep the an autocrat and fundies out of office, she needs to focus on the top issues that are more likely to drive turnout.

Trump voters on paying taxes: “Booooo”

Trump voters on paying double taxes: “Yaaaay!!”

Technology Connections doing a deep dive into something like how a VHS cassette tape works. I’m interested, but if it’s late, the topic also knocks me out in about 15 min.

Depends on the country and what your situation is. Speaking for the US, there are free shot programs.

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/bridge/index.html

Today at 5:30 pm in a CVS.