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Paris preserves its mixed society by pouring billions into public housing

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Re: Paris preserves its mixed society by pouring billions into public housing

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I wonder how many of those poor immigrants who live in this public housing to serve wealthy Parisians would prefer to live in something like an American suburb if they could get jobs there.

Probably none. I'd much prefer to be poor in Paris than America. https://homelessdeathscount.org/ (arrogent domain given it's a USA count) https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/dying-on-the-streets-franc... Even adjusted for population size, we're still talking 2-3x the death rate if homeless. > Acolin notes that France has roughly as many social housing dwellings as the United States, despite having less than one-fifth…

> I'd rather be poor in Miami Beach or NYC than the EU. It has much better benefits than Romania.

Sorry I couldn't help it. Comparing an EU member state to the US is akin to comparing a US state to the EU. These are big places and Paris and even France are a very, very small part. Europe has some real, real crappy places that really, really mess up Europe's statistics. Once places like Bosnia and Ukraine get in, the stats will get even worse. I doubt Romanian and Ukrainian social spending is very high. Compare to US states and cities in you're comparing EU states and cities, and comparable ones.

Re: Paris preserves its mixed society by pouring billions into public housing

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah yes, the famous "actually americans donate a lot" nonsense. That report is based on SELF REPORTED donations. IE, giving Joel Olstein $10k to help him buy a new private jet is considered "charitable giving" and is also considered more charitable than if you just chat up the Asylum family that was just settled next door and help them get integrated into the local community to help them network and find work and frie…

You're ranting incoherently. Americans give the most to non-religious organizations and charities by a wide margin (both individuals, corporations, and the government). For instance, the US government allocates $7 billion+ annually to the UN World Food Programme [1]. The next biggest donor? $1.7 billion. It's not even close. And no, $150 million in claimed charitable giving in 2020 is provably false. One ultra-rich i…

> The next biggest donor? $1.7 billion. It's not even close.

It's almost, per capita, exactly the same amount - The USA has a pop. of some 333+ million, Germany has a population of some 83 million.

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