Chromewave9

Chromewave9 t1_iyjjgtq wrote

80% of the population lives in public housing by design. They have limited land space. Try raising a family in these HBD flats. It's tight as hell. Even for a couple, it's really tight.

Besides, people are using these HBD flats to flip. They get sold on a 99 year lease (similar to China, you don't physically own the rights to the housing unit. You're basically just a long-term renter) to Singaporean residents for $300k-500K (depending on the unit) but after five years, they're able to sell them in the resale market with many units going for $600-$1 million. Private rentals or housing is way more expensive so there are very few options, hence, why 80% live in HBD flats. You have a ton of people who basically just get their family to sign up for HBD flats and sell them after five years for guaranteed profit.

You'll hear that housing is one of the biggest issues in Singapore. The lack of space, high demand, and people being allowed to flip them is way worse than in America. In America, you can just move elsewhere. In Singapore, you have no choice.

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Chromewave9 t1_iuilh7r wrote

Do you even know what you're talking about?

This has nothing to do with lights or powering receptacles. It's about turning heating options using gas or fuel into electric components.

The energy source isn't going to be fully-renewable because it's impossible for NYC to be fully renewable by 2030 so all this really does is swap out gas/oil boilers for commercial electric heaters.

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Chromewave9 t1_iuiik07 wrote

This is dumb. Removing the amount of cars on the road (aka, TLC drivers) and creating a better public transportation option makes more sense. Spending $4 billion to turn these 100 schools 'all-electric' is a huge waste of money because they only need the heat 4 - 5 months per year. Traffic is a year-round issue and the amount of TLC drivers in the city is just insane.

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Chromewave9 t1_isrez2q wrote

I have family who live in Vancouver and have been living there for decades. The only reason they are there is for the money - much like everyone else there. There's not much to do in Canada like the States so if you're not in Toronto or Vancouver, there's nothing else to do besides doing something nature-y. Montreal used to be nice but it's pretty ghetto in most areas.

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