Once upon a time there were genuine proletarian immigrants looking to work towards a better future for themselves and their family. But now, most immigrants to western countries are bourgeois and are already rich and just want to cash in on the big bubble before it bursts. In Canada, they overwhelmingly come here just to become slumlords. Cramming 10+ international students…People from the same place as them in some cases… into 2 bedroom “apartments” (most are just loosely repurposed house basements).
Ikea bunk beds can really pack 'em in.
I used to wonder why slumlords were slumlords then I read an expose on illegal slumlords in Guangzhou renting to foreigners. Turns out, when you have one tenant you can only get so much. But ten tenants pay a LOT more in rent.
They were all convicted years ago and reducated through labor. Last I heard they were having the same problem with landlords in Yiwu from what I heard.
Once upon a time there were genuine proletarian immigrants looking to work towards a better future for themselves and their family. But now, most immigrants to western countries are bourgeois and are already rich and just want to cash in on the big bubble before it bursts. In Canada, they overwhelmingly come here just to become slumlords. Cramming 10+ international students…People from the same place as them in some cases… into 2 bedroom “apartments” (most are just loosely repurposed house basements).
Ikea bunk beds can really pack 'em in. I used to wonder why slumlords were slumlords then I read an expose on illegal slumlords in Guangzhou renting to foreigners. Turns out, when you have one tenant you can only get so much. But ten tenants pay a LOT more in rent. They were all convicted years ago and reducated through labor. Last I heard they were having the same problem with landlords in Yiwu from what I heard.