How long before someone brings back “company towns”

[r32gojirra]

So many stories about people complaining they can’t afford a house, can’t afford school, can’t afford food, etc etc

How long before large corporations just start building entire towns with houses, company stores etc, and instead of a wage you just live there and work there and get a house, food, transport to your job, kids have schools etc

Probably the company would pay for some kind of vocational training for the workers

Like what a government would normally do but presumably only for able-bodied people who opt in to the work

[Ironmanlet]

Like the military.


Sounds cool.

[r32gojirra]

Like the military.


Sounds cool.

Ok but with less involuntary sodomy

And less voluntary sodomy

[ChunkBuster]

We will all be locked in our homes once AI and robots take over.

[TwoTailedSperm]

[Cleveland33]

I don't think they ever fully went away

[OliverHeldens]

Lol, you laugh but this could easily happen again. Also, the original singer of this song is Tennessee Ernie Ford

[BalognaNbeans]

They're called '15 minute cities' Jack and they're on the way

[Ironmanlet]

Give us your entire existence so we can profit immensely on it and we will make sure it has a safe place to be stored when we are not using it.


But worded like “hey we give you a house”

[swordplay76]

Give us your entire existence so we can profit immensely on it and we will make sure it has a safe place to be stored when we are not using it.


But worded like “hey we give you a house”

no. they care! how dare you suggest that they don't! outsider!

[eddiehaskell]

heard someone mention san fran has apartment buildings where government workers like cops/emt/teachers etc can live for reduced rates to be near their jobs.

in the south in my grandfather's day they had "mill villages" where people working for the textile mills could build small houses. were nice neighborhoods back then...then blacks started coming in...now trying to move more the other way through gentrification

[RonaldMcflurry]

The US is a company country already. Has been for a long time.

[r32gojirra]

I don't think they ever fully went away

Privately run prisons are kind of like this I guess

[Zelensky]

heard someone mention san fran has apartment buildings where government workers like cops/emt/teachers etc can live for reduced rates to be near their jobs.

https://abc7news.com/application-for...yees/14604675/

[Cleveland33]

Privately run prisons are kind of like this I guess

no I mean I believe there are still towns owned by the coal mines in certain areas of the US

[eddiehaskell]

https://abc7news.com/application-for...yees/14604675/

so it is a thing. wonder if it's a good idea. seems a lot of major metros have difficulty attracting school teachers because the cost of rent/buying a house

[Anachron]

They're called '15 minute cities' Jack and they're on the way

This.

They will sell it to lefties, who will virtue signal and support it wholeheartedly.

Also, eat ze bugs will be included as well.

[Cleveland33]

This.

They will sell it to lefties, who will virtue signal and support it wholeheartedly.

Also, eat ze bugs will be included as well.

probably run by tech companies that like to tell people they have freedom cause they don't have a set schedule but are actually requiring 60+ hours of work a week

[RICHSTRONG]

This.

They will sell it to lefties, who will virtue signal and support it wholeheartedly.

Also, eat ze bugs will be included as well.

Lefties already have their cities and look how they are turning out. lmfao Turn em to schit and then leave like always

[JackyChin]

Done right, this sounds great.

One of the things I love about military deployments is other than your job, everything is done for you. You show up at the location, all the food, sleeping arrangements, gym, bathroom is right there in walking distance. You don't have to cook, clean, wash dishes, unclog toilets.

Pretty much you just do your job and work out. And stack your entire paycheck for 3-12 months.

A lot of the junior enlisted do something similar when they live in the barracks/dorms/ship.

[stevebec]

Done right, this sounds great.

One of the things I love about military deployments is other than your job, everything is done for you. You show up at the location, all the food, sleeping arrangements, gym, bathroom is right there in walking distance. You don't have to cook, clean, wash dishes, unclog toilets.

Pretty much you just do your job and work out. And stack your entire paycheck for 3-12 months.

A lot of the junior enlisted do something similar when they live in the barracks/dorms/ship.

Basically a man camp or offshore rig. Offshore rig has the advantage of a shorter commute. Every land site I've been to (with the exception of one in Saudi) has been an hour away from the camp/hotel. I'm offshore right now and my commute is 2 flights of stairs.

A lot of the company towns were built because there was no housing within a reasonable distance, whether it was a coal mine or the Manhattan Project.

[Ironmanlet]

Done right, this sounds great.

One of the things I love about military deployments is other than your job, everything is done for you. You show up at the location, all the food, sleeping arrangements, gym, bathroom is right there in walking distance. You don't have to cook, clean, wash dishes, unclog toilets.

Pretty much you just do your job and work out. And stack your entire paycheck for 3-12 months.

A lot of the junior enlisted do something similar when they live in the barracks/dorms/ship.

Only had to give up everything.

But the dishes were done.

[stevebec]

Only had to give up everything.

But the dishes were done.

Definitely wouldn't want to live like that with my family, but for just me for a few weeks, it's pretty much ideal.

[Berts]

15 min cities getting paid in scrip. Its coming

[JT11RTR]

Isn't Elon doing some form of this. Isn't he wanting to build his own city for all his employees to live in?

[BespokenBrah]

South korea did this and now they have the lowest birth rates and highest suicide rates.

[freeburn]

Nah I like working a few towns away, I don't wanna bump in to Co workers outside of work

[DuracellBunny]

College campuses. They even have their own police forces.

[Jasonw1178]

See it a lot in small towns. Not far from me, Goodyear tire built a plant and most of the housing around that plant were built for employees.

It was a way to get around income taxes for the employees and the company would write it off as an expense. You would get a company home, car, even provided food and other needs. Sure, your actual check might not be that hot, but overall compensation was good. It's kind of why government employees, although they gripe about their pay, they do really well. Same with welfare slags, they can do 2X better than you making 2X their income because all of their expenses are paid. Of course the IRS came in and stopped that for us private citizens.

[r32gojirra]

See it a lot in small towns. Not far from me, Goodyear tire built a plant and most of the housing around that plant were built for employees.

It was a way to get around income taxes for the employees and the company would write it off as an expense. You would get a company home, car, even provided food and other needs. Sure, your actual check might not be that hot, but overall compensation was good. It's kind of why government employees, although they gripe about their pay, they do really well. Same with welfare slags, they can do 2X better than you making 2X their income because all of their expenses are paid. Of course the IRS came in and stopped that for us private citizens.

They don’t tax company benefits in the US? Like a fringe benefits tax?

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