0-10% of the U.S. “lives in slums”? lol, okay

20-30% of China “lives in slums”? yeah, right

  • purpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    This depends a massive amount on the definition of a slum, because there is certainly a big proportion of the Chinese population that lives in lower-quality housing (not like shantytown-level usually, just lower-quality) but they are overwhelmingly in villages, etc., while “slum” normally implies denser urban populations. If they are using a culturally reasonable definition of slum, then it is a lie.

    Also, our chic “micro apartments,” vs their impoverished “slums”