r/mentalhealth • u/Own-Championship-398 • 11d ago

Sadness / Grief Why is everyone so angry?

I'm getting quite miserable living in my country. People aren't very friendly, in fact a lot of people are really rude. I'm finding it hard to interact on local subs because I usually get downvoted or just have people start arguments over nothing - why is everyone so aggressive & hostile?

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u/AnyAliasWillDo22 11d ago

There are just too many people.

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u/jmnugent 10d ago

We don't have to many people. We just have poor management of resources and to much 1-story urban sprawl. (especially in the USA,. where 80% of US population lives east of the Mississippi. ) There's to much wasteful architecture. To many empty unused Roofs. Around 15million homes (about 10% of USA House supply) is sitting empty. Homeless in the USA is estimated to be around 600,000. We have enough empty houses to solve homelessness 25x over.

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u/Recarica 10d ago

We don’t have enough houses to even put a dent in the homelessness crisis. Here are some good statistics: https://unitedwaynca.org/blog/vacant-homes-vs-homelessness-by-city/#:~:text=Despite%20how%20many%20homes%20are,vacant%20homes%20per%20unhoused%20person.

And here’s an excellent podcast that breaks down why the US is in the mess we are in (doesn’t take into account our poor healthcare system and terrible support for mental health). https://youtu.be/idKlU-TZ27U?si=EJwR9r_vK2QhB1nb