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The new American Dream is buying a house with friends: 'It's a co-parenting model, it's a co-economy model, and it's a really great friendship and support model' (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

USSR managed to eliminate living in communal apartments back in the 1950s.

[–] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not quite. Source: my father was born in 1959 and lived in a communal until his teenage years at least.

That said, USSR did invest a lot of time and effort in the housing issue. But as with many other things, war has intervened.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Sure, it took some time to rebuild everything that was destroyed, but they just kept building housing until everyone had it. Pretty surreal that such basic things are still not possible to do in some of the richest countries in the world.

[–] holdengreen@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I live with my parents. The mountains are always an option for those who want to live with some shred of ethics and dignity.

[–] sgtnasty@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

consider the source: they want this to be accepted as the new norm