Alan Graham
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many of our neighbors cannot navigate the social geography of a shared wall. So the idea of building an apartment structure, which can kind of be more efficient in terms of providing everybody with utilities, creates an environment that is very difficult for many people to live in.
many of our neighbors cannot navigate the social geography of a shared wall. So the idea of building an apartment structure, which can kind of be more efficient in terms of providing everybody with utilities, creates an environment that is very difficult for many people to live in.
When somebody gets bedbugs, which is common, or roaches or whatever, without the shared walls, it doesn't infiltrate next door.
When somebody gets bedbugs, which is common, or roaches or whatever, without the shared walls, it doesn't infiltrate next door.
When I was dreaming about this thing and the idea of building an RV park, I realized that in an RV park, People were coming out of these small spaces, cooking burgers together, going to the movie night in the RV parks. And so we were trying to recreate that inherent sense of community.
When I was dreaming about this thing and the idea of building an RV park, I realized that in an RV park, People were coming out of these small spaces, cooking burgers together, going to the movie night in the RV parks. And so we were trying to recreate that inherent sense of community.
Our neighbors take care of this place because they are invested into this place. And they're invested into the culture of this place, which means one must pay rent. Now, everybody doesn't, but most people do.
Our neighbors take care of this place because they are invested into this place. And they're invested into the culture of this place, which means one must pay rent. Now, everybody doesn't, but most people do.
Look, if you want to smoke crack, go smoke crack. I'm not getting into your business. It's none of my business to be in your business.
Look, if you want to smoke crack, go smoke crack. I'm not getting into your business. It's none of my business to be in your business.
You develop relationships with people and you have a compassion for them. But you also have to have, in order to maintain a community, you have to have some community standards. And that is extremely difficult to navigate. To have a lot of grace and mercy along with standards in the community is pretty difficult.
You develop relationships with people and you have a compassion for them. But you also have to have, in order to maintain a community, you have to have some community standards. And that is extremely difficult to navigate. To have a lot of grace and mercy along with standards in the community is pretty difficult.
foster care system is a train wreck in our country, the mental health care system, the physical health care system, the criminal justice system, our education system. You know, if you look at this as a flowing river that's got rapids in it, we're down at the end of this deal fishing people out of these raging rapids to keep them from drowning. That's where we are.
foster care system is a train wreck in our country, the mental health care system, the physical health care system, the criminal justice system, our education system. You know, if you look at this as a flowing river that's got rapids in it, we're down at the end of this deal fishing people out of these raging rapids to keep them from drowning. That's where we are.
Everybody thinks if you stick people into housing that it's going to solve all their problems. And I'm just telling you that that's not the case.
Everybody thinks if you stick people into housing that it's going to solve all their problems. And I'm just telling you that that's not the case.
My original motivation was palliative, which is the relieving of the suffering associated with disease. without pursuing the cure for the disease.
My original motivation was palliative, which is the relieving of the suffering associated with disease. without pursuing the cure for the disease.
This isn't ever going to be a model that's a fix and repair model that's going to come in and retrain people to be a computer technician or something and then pop them out into the real world.
This isn't ever going to be a model that's a fix and repair model that's going to come in and retrain people to be a computer technician or something and then pop them out into the real world.