A tale of two Americas.

AJ Sadauskas@aus.social to

Solarpunk Urbanism@slrpnk.net · 1 year ago

The untold story of mega-mansion maintenance crews. It turns out your typical US$20 million Los Angeles mega mansion costs around US$42,000 each month in upkeep costs: https://youtu.be/k-ImID3kpAg?si=fYZEEr8lLKaSInKi

Bel Air mansion on the market for US$250 million: https://youtu.be/o1d-hjuuXmI?si=1sDgXZpir8ptDgCV

Meanwhile…

Eviction notices piling up in Los Angeles: https://youtu.be/EYwpat1RDks?si=W7cJG2ipxggC9cqh

Hollywood residents outraged over growing homeless encampment: https://youtu.be/leeTGryOOfQ?si=T1rgfTsDS6NFlmJZ

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Henri Lefebvre, The Right to the City — In brief, the right to the city is the right to the production of a city. The labor of a worker is the source of most of the value of a commodity that is expropriated by the owner. The worker, therefore, has a right to benefit from that value denied to them. In the same way, the urban citizen produces and reproduces the city through their own daily actions. However, the the city is expropriated from the urbanite by the rich and the state. The right to the city is therefore the right to appropriate the city by and for those who make and remake it.

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