Lots of condo construction, almost none of it affordable

Lots of condo construction, almost none of it affordable

75% of All New Apartments in 2015 Were High-End, 14 U.S. Cities Saw No New Affordable Rentals

https://www.rentcafe.com/blog/cities/atlanta-ga/luxury-is-the-trend-in-new-rental-construction/

Hu Huanyong Line
by Hu Huanyong 1935

Hu Huanyong 1901 - 1998

Kenya boys choir

Kenya - Kenya boys choir-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI5S3T9h1M0

The value of travel

Travel reveals a thousand and one misunderstandings, some of which we can resolve.

The value of travel - Ric Steves
https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/travel-talks/tedx-value-of-travel

Growing food on the moon?

Can you grow food on the moon? This group the Controlled Environment Research Center from U Arizona tried some tests for NASA at the South Pole where it's -70 Celsius. Good lessons for earth regions with food insecurity.

Learning to live on the moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_ZfChSwHIE

"The Euro is a mechanism by which Northern Europe is funding Southern Europe."

"The Euro is a mechanism by which Northern Europe is funding Southern Europe. And the line is right at Milan."

Alan Greenspan CNBC 4/21

I would disagree on the line though, Emilia Romagna is south of Milan and is one of the richest regions of Italy--ex. Maranello where Ferraris are made. Also Catalonia is really strong economically despite Spain's overall shakiness, one of the Four Motors of Europe.

Great articles on China's hukou system

That's Magazine - Pearl River Delta edition has two great articles about China's hukou system, the home registration system that has been called an "internal passport" and de facto caste system. The systems are much more complicated than I knew before, and the articles show how many idiosyncratic rules exist for getting a hukou from particular cities like Beijing. Point systems, fees, residency requirements, etc. It also looks at potential advantages to having a rural hukou, which is usually talked about in the media as a ticket to a tough life. Notably, it says:

"The points system is merely one in a series of reforms announced in 2014 that promised to 'phase out' the hukou altogether – something Xi Jinping himself allegedly advocated years ago in his doctoral thesis while serving as governor of Fujian."
The Hukou: Is China’s ‘Internal Passport’ System Here to Stay?
http://www.thatsmags.com/uploads/pdf/1703sz.pdf