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Space is probably an issue in the dense cities, but not in the suburbs or rural. While there's something to this, I think it's more about the inefficiency of our population centers.

The entire world's population can fit into Rhode Island many times over (I believe standing up?).

Leisher wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:42 am The entire world's population can fit into Rhode Island many times over (I believe standing up?).

Rhode Island is about 3000 sq km. You might even be able to sit down.

lol

Cool, you build a mega block just outside of Billings, MT.

Let's say the construction crews survive the pissed off locals who are tired of transplants, don't forget you also need infrastructure, and supporting economy for these new people.

China built a bunch of towns from scratch, with the intention of people moving in. They never did. You need stuff to do/buy and housing at the same time.

GORDON wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:51 am Let's say the construction crews survive the pissed off locals who are tired of transplants, don't forget you also need infrastructure, and supporting economy for these new people.

Just put all the infrastructure in the building. No roads, just a self contained building you never need to leave.

GORDON wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:51 am China built a bunch of towns from scratch, with the intention of people moving in. They never did. You need stuff to do/buy and housing at the same time.

Ship em over.

MT and WY

HATE

the California refugees. Because there's a ton of them, and they vote to make their new state as shitty as the one they're fleeing.

GORDON wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:39 pm Because there's a ton of them, and they vote to make their new state as shitty as the one they're fleeing.

Meh. There's not enough of them to make a difference.

Enough that the town I camped near past summer had no property under $800k, because Californians have driven up prices, and locals were getting priced out.

GORDON wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:46 pm Enough that the town I camped near past summer had no property under $800k, because Californians have driven up prices, and locals were getting priced out.

Have they tried not being poor? Maybe they should try communism?

I suggest we wall California in and make them stop fucking up everywhere else.

GORDON wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:03 pm I suggest we wall California in and make them stop fucking up everywhere else.

Capitalism sucks.

~ French peeps right before they stormed the Bastille, probably

TheCatt wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:37 am

Leisher wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:42 am The entire world's population can fit into Rhode Island many times over (I believe standing up?).

Rhode Island is about 3000 sq km. You might even be able to sit down.

lol

The area of Rhode Island (state) is about 3,140 km² whereas the Earth's population is about 7.7 billion people. If we give a standard standing area of 0.4 m2 per person (a tight fit but it works) then they all take up about 3080 km2 which still leaves a comfortable area of 60 km2 left over to avoid certain obstacles etc. So the answer is yes.

TheCatt wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:55 pm

GORDON wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:39 pm Because there's a ton of them, and they vote to make their new state as shitty as the one they're fleeing.

Meh. There's not enough of them to make a difference.

But there will be, plus it just takes one getting to a high enough office to fuck everything up. Look at Scotland and their racist leader who hates white people.

TheCatt wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:57 am

We could just build + buy smaller housing.

To play off someone else's response, "This is what happens when you build using centimeters instead of inches".

LOL. I'm picturing 3' ceilings to go with it...

Leisher wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 3:53 pm Salary you need by state to be Catt.

I hate that they used "average salary of the top 5%" and not "95th/5th percentile income level" which would make a TON MORE SENSE... and be lower numbers.

95th percentile $286,300

across the US.

The worst part is that the article SAYS it's doing threshold

Overall, wealthy Americans have gotten a lot richer in since 2017. Back then, only Connecticut and Washington, D.C., had a 5% top-earning threshold of $500,000.

But it's not.

It's from MSN. I didn't have high hopes.