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Squatter urbanism comes to America

Submitted by Mathieu Helie on Sun, 04/26/2009 - 14:35, last updated Mon, 09/05/2011 - 21:47

In previous posts I argued that the only way a modern housing subdivision was possible was by the creation of a permanent, extreme housing crisis by the authorities attempting to control development. Now this housing crisis is catching up with American cities and a phenomenon that was until then limited to dysfunctional third world countries, squatter camps, is popping up all over the country.

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