Singapore

Insane that Singapore property rental websites include an optional toggle that ‘owner accepts applicants of all races’

Americans broadly take the concept of mobility for granted. We assume we should be allowed to live in that house, city, or neighborhood within our own country as long as we can afford it. Just go where the vibes are.

But - the level of mobility Americans enjoy is a historical aberration and as you can see below not the standard even within countries we admire. 

And our mobility freedom is fragile. Housing costs alone are starting to make it an impossibility for many to take advantage of self-invention and reinvention through mobility

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Not defending this toggling feature, but I think it just makes explicit what would have happened implicitly otherwise. After all, landlords can discriminate via looking at names and physical appearances, and I'm sure this happens all over the world too.

I guess the larger point is that even in a supposedly highly developed country like Singapore, even we ourselves can't transcend such tribalistic instincts.