• morrowind@lemmy.ml
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    4 days ago

    Those second homes by the beach usually aren’t where the unhoused need them, and they probably couldn’t afford them anyway

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      3 days ago

      Are you still talking about the Netherlands? Unless it’s on one of the islands, I don’t see how a house near the beach could be in a bad location

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        3 days ago

        It’s great if you’re vacationing. Not so great when you need to get to work 50 miles away

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          16 hours ago

          There are no beaches in the Netherlands that far away from a major city though

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            4 hours ago

            Maybe but you get my point. Half if not the majority of the housing problem is where they rather than whether the are