• Liz@midwest.social
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    4 days ago

    If your local town zoning forbids you from building detached accessory buildings accessory dwelling units for having your nephew live in, change the fucking zoning. Community is facilitated by convenience, and living within a stone’s throw from loved ones is great way to build community.

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      4 days ago

      That is happening in some places. Accessory dwelling units (the term of art in planning and zoning worlds) are being allowed more and more. Things change slowly in the urban planning and zoning world, though.

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      4 days ago

      Yes! I’m not crazy. All the liberal spaces have been slowly disappearing and it feels like they’re being taken over every time under the guise of capitalism. I’m not one to call a conspiracy, but…

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    5 days ago

    Capitalism is part of it. Spending too much time on the internet and social media is a hell of a lot more of it.