I have Indian coworkers who struggle with English, and on top of that we have 0 shared cultural background.

No media, no games, no shared experiences. It’s drudgery trying to come up with a conversation topic.

Game of thrones? Haven’t seen it. Latest games that came out? Don’t play them. Building an app? Nope no entrepreneurship. Dating? Nope arranged relationships, or no relationships.

It’s impossible and I hate every second I’m forced to deal with these people.

Jeez, must be real hard on you... while I'm sure they're delighted to be working with someone who only ever tries to relate to them based only on their own personal interests.

I have an idea, how about starting a book club with your coworkers in order to create a shared culture?

I recommend Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People

Rezone to allow for more apartments and larger houses. It’s pretty simple.

Now we are getting to the actual discussion. Of couse, land can be rezoned, but _why_ do that? Why is it a 'better' solution to increase supply through effectively removing people from their homes instead of decreasing demand through denying purchase of homes?

You can outlaw making homes, but if you don't outlaw making babies, where will the people live?

Where do they live now?

P.S. Nobody is outlawing the making of homes. That's false hyperbole on your part.

What do you think bans on duplexes, apartment buildings, and row houses do in a city?

> What do you think bans on duplexes, apartment buildings, and row houses do in a city?

What point are you trying to make? The article doesn't talk about people being banned from building houses but about a ban on foreigners purchasing homes.

This. My company creates fraudulent postings to hire H1Bs. The Americans we interview (1 per position to follow the law) are switching industries or otherwise have absolutely no experience.

Not "this" - @musgrove said he/she's rejected as "overqualified", so it's not a matter of being selected for interview despite lacking the experience