(02-03-2025, 04:54 PM)Uncle wrote:(02-03-2025, 03:46 PM)Boredfrom wrote: The cancer analogy is pretty 4chan esque and talking about Canada and Europe like inhabitable wastelands.
Right now, after the plane crash meltdown, I think Trump definitely contributes to the culture war shit rather than being a cure it.
I didn't say this, I said exactly what I meant, I'm glad that the immigration situation in the US hasn't led to as many problems as in canada and europe
would you say I'm incorrect about that, do you think I should not be glad, because the immigration issues in the US are worse than in canada and europe?
The idea that immigration is a bigger problem in Canada is a bit absurd. Until about 2-3 years ago, Canada was like the poster child of immigration done right. Immigration only started being "disastrous" once post-Covid inflation hit and the housing crisis got worse, and immigrants were the easy people to blame.
Undocumented immigrants are fairly rare. And stories about a violent crime being commited by an illegal immigrant almost non-existant. lllegal immigrants being paid under the table for agriculture/menial work is not much of a thing either. And overall, people tend to cohabit fairly well.
Immigration has indeed had an effect on the housing crisis, but it's one of many factors decade in the making. Much bigger factors:
-Only about 4-5 cities worth living in
-Nimbiism everywhere
-Treating real estate as an investment
-AirBNB and co
-Politicians being terrified of doing anything that could burst the bubble because if would be political suicide considering home ownership is fairly high
-And the main one: near 0% interest rate during COVID, while most people actually had more money than ever, leading to bidding wars and absurd overinflated house prices.