Lance Link: This affordability problem is killing regional towns in Australia. Hospitality venues, for example, can't get workers because they're priced out of the town.

'blue state/red state' is a reductive and destructive fantasy I live in a stronghold of Democratic liberalism but drive 15 minutes in any direction and you'll be surrounded by MAGA flags and bumper stickers

More broadly, reproductive rights advocates say the alleged incident is a jarring reminder of how the national fight over abortion can spill over into deeply blue California, affecting patient care. calmatters.org/healt...

She had a miscarriage, and says a California CVS wouldn't give her a prescribed abortion pillcalmatters.org Doctors prescribed an abortion pill to help a San Diego woman heal from a miscarriage. Her legal demand says CVS refused to give it to her.

and guess what, the people who can't afford to live in town are the ones who *work* in town, so.....

This affordability problem is killing regional towns in Australia. Hospitality venues, for example, can't get workers because they're priced out of the town.

I live several hours away from Santa Barbara and the city is so desperate for workers they advertise on our local TV station

It's absolute madness. Our cities are mostly unaffordable to buy or rent in now, which means either long commutes or moving to a regional area that's slightly less unaffordable. The "solution" means expanding urban boundaries: destroying good farming land, but also areas with negligible services.

Contrast that with the Paris Plan, to ensure city workers (even in low paid service jobs) can afford to live in the city. Rather than be forced to the banlieu's on the outskirts.

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