or am I just naive/uninformed
like hearing about shanty towns in other countries just makes me think of cops throwing homeless people's tents and wheelchairs into trash compactors from the sidewalk around here
I honestly don't hear a lot about squatting in the US so I think so. Housing is so expensive here I would not put it past anyone to evict people from even the most run down slums so they can rent them out instead. We treat homeless people basically like litter, just grind them into paste. They are quite literally supposed to die in the United States, it's taken as proof they couldn't "bootstrap" hard enough to hold a job or whatever.
What's worse is that we actually treat the homeless as criminals and give the cops carte blanche to deal with them as such. Instead of homelessness as being seen as a societal failure to protect the poor, the homeless are just criminals that the cops have to deal with.
Americans don’t see anything as a societal failure that’s the point of all that individualist propaganda it trains people to just see it as a moral failing on the homeless persons part and they can just move on and give it no further thought
Yup. Society's fine, it's just your fault for not bootstrapping. Oh and btw you're a criminal now too so best of luck trying to get back on your feet!
Sorry... snark-castic joke.
I've heard lots of "its society's fault" for letting the Gays be gay and the Trans be trans, etc. The "make America great again" crowd, you know?
Ah yeah that’s fair guess it depends on what they’re trying to demonize.
7-10 years in most states. But...its really hard to do cause all the owner has to do is walk in one time during that time period and you're out. So if you find a hunting cabin out in the woods you might be able to pull it off if the owner doesn't visit for years, would probably still be a sticky legal battle because property rights are sacred. But if you're trying some where populated any time the cops come through it resets your timer. Oh and as for a paying taxes I'm pretty sure you don't have to pay them until you officially claim it as your own then you pay the back taxes.
In rural areas away from subdivisions its might be easier. It just puts you way far away from "services" and "work" though.
There always some old barns or a mobile home or car parked in the middle of a pasture for 20+ years that nobody pays attention to daily. Probably have to keep moving somewhat frequently and keep a low profile at the campsites, there are hunters out during hunting season and folks checking on their cattle to avoid.
