Down and out in Ulaanbaatar: the battle for housing in a city in crisis

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[@phased-arraych.9150]

There must've been a lot of incompetence and mismanagement on the part of the construction companies. As a courtesy, the very least they could do is rehouse them if they were going to forcefully kick them out of their homes.

[@forestmilo5568]

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[@haydencalvin7237]

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[@shantanubatta7561]

Shame on the government and the companies for troubling innocent citizens. Where is humanity heading?

[@OutragedPufferfish]

2:59 amazing scenery 😍

[@sandrafinbar]

Such a hard life with the cold weather. How could anyone be homeless or living in a tent ?

[@weinerherzog5925]

Mongolians have lived in tents/yurts for centuries. With so much open land, I don't know why they are fighting for cubby holes. You don't need that many sheep to weave a yurt. Concrete on the other hand, is resource and transportation intensive. They shouldn't follow the industrial Chinese way.

[@saeddayib6752]

Ulaanbaatar

[@truth.is.hella.bitter8985]

I would have watched the video... If I didn't have to read.... I'm to Lazy to read a book. Thanks anyway.

[@pinchevulpes]

Then why comment? Go read a book and get off your phone

[@OutragedPufferfish]

​@@pinchevulpes She said she's too lazy to read a book.

[@pinchevulpes]

@@OutragedPufferfish or she’s just admitting she can’t read a book

[@OutragedPufferfish]

@@pinchevulpes In today's USA, it's hard to learn reading, because society requires other types of knowledge and skills to be functional. Brains that are native among cars, microwaves, drive thrus, social media, celebrities, and dozens of options in toilet paper, Stanley cups, and other consumer goods, are not fit for old fashioned skills like reading. It's not the people's fault.

[@pinchevulpes]

@@OutragedPufferfish don’t make excuses for the meek, teach them in public schools. As I do.