@ celestial nightfire who said:
It would be like you coming over to my house in RL when I'm at work, and you taking a shower and cooking your food at my house. You'd rationalize it by saying, "Well, you're gone during that time, so I just thought I'd pop-in and use your house". But, of course, what you're doing is using my resources like water, heat, upkeep on appliances, etc. So, I end up subsidizing you.
Not really. A squat would be more like over-ambitious developers building a community of new expensive luxury housing. They sell condos and anticipate a swell of monied people buying into the community. They sell a small percentage to the buyers, definately not half. And then the housing bubble bursts. You have people who would make good neighbors and need housing but can't afford to buy. They don't have money but they have some skills. It may be building, babysitting, counseling, organizing, dj-ing, singing, dancing, story telling.... you get the picture. But the developers say no, we would rather let it stay empty. Let those who are paying regret their purchase. Let it be a ghostown, then maybe we can sell to vamps and goblins. hahaha.