tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389181255786430083.post3193345345102653109..comments2023-10-11T05:46:26.432-05:00Comments on Where: Squatting in AmericaBrendan Crainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00528698033763911972noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389181255786430083.post-74792900050947110942009-04-17T09:56:00.000-05:002009-04-17T09:56:00.000-05:00Dmitry Orlov contrasts the current American situat...Dmitry Orlov contrasts the current American situation with the Soviet Union's collapse twenty years ago. <br /><br />He points out that because all of the Soviet housing was state-owned, people didn't get kicked out when the economy collapsed. In the US, we're seeing what happens when housing is an investment strategy and a consumer product as well as a place to live--economic collapse leads to the unfortuante irony of widespread evictions alongside a surplus of vacant houses. Squatting is the logical solution to that problem!Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14807212174863217820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389181255786430083.post-65380936594874203642009-04-17T07:38:00.000-05:002009-04-17T07:38:00.000-05:00Nice article! I had no idea about squatter commun...Nice article! I had no idea about squatter communities in the States. I'd love to see some numbers on them... how much have they grown since the housing crisis began? Can you directly map their prevalence to the broader economic downturn? Or were there some policies in the middle that helped speed along their growth?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6389181255786430083.post-5675057063449282372009-04-17T01:17:00.000-05:002009-04-17T01:17:00.000-05:00David Harvey is also a squatting supporter: http:/...David Harvey is also a squatting supporter: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/urban-theory-at-the-down-town-club/?scp=2&sq=urban%20blog&st=cseKatia Savchukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03989789952744062598noreply@blogger.com