It is a key thing I do wish Americans understood—many of the urban things they like in European cities come in part from social welfare regimes that enable people to be less frantic about owning property and defending its value than Americans are.
— Dr. Boss Ladyshark 🧙♀️♿️♏️🐶🍿🚠👩🌾🚞 (@drschweitzer) February 12, 2021
That’s absoulutely the case. Many Americans have most of their wealth in a (shoddy, poorly-constructed) house and this is why they will defend it to the death.
Change those incentives, much else can change.