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appalachiablue

(44,180 posts)
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 05:16 AM Jan 2026

Homeless. Where Are the Poor Supposed to Live? Displaced, Econ. Exile, Survival 🏡Vanishing Midd Class

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Offended Outcast (12 mins ).

When survival becomes illegal in your own city, displacement isn't a side effect it becomes the policy.

In this episode of the Erasure Economy, we examine how America makes housing unaffordable, bans alternative living, criminalizes vehicle habitation, and pushes seniors and low- income workers into forced migration and economic exile.

In this episode we cover: ⛺ 🛻
Tiny home bans and zoning barriers
Vehicle living ordinances
Criminalization of car camping
Manufactured housing displacement
RV retirees and 'senior nomads'

Why public policy refuses to answer the question: Where are the poor supposed to live?

This isn't about lifestyle. It's about survival, and the system that refuses to make space for the people it no longer profits from.
- More in Description, YouTube link above.
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Also: 'The Vanishing Middle Class After Age 55.' The Truth They Don't Want You To See, Offended Outcast (20 mins).
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Homeless. Where Are the Poor Supposed to Live? Displaced, Econ. Exile, Survival 🏡Vanishing Midd Class (Original Post) appalachiablue Jan 2026 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Sector 001 Jan 2026 #1
Terrific! Thanks for sharing. Mr Outcast (not!) Is remarkable, an excellent thinker, writer appalachiablue Jan 2026 #2
It's Called "Death." If You Can't "Donate" A Billion, JUST GO DIE! ColoringFool Jan 2026 #3

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appalachiablue

(44,180 posts)
2. Terrific! Thanks for sharing. Mr Outcast (not!) Is remarkable, an excellent thinker, writer
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 07:04 AM
Jan 2026

and communicator with beaucoup brains and heart. I get a lot out of his discussions on the serious problems we face.

Thanks for posting.

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