Thanks for sharing this. I don't know what your emigration plans are (I'm looking forward to Part II and III) but I fear that finding and moving to a "more livable" city may only be a short-term solution. Where I live, wealthy Californians have bought up all the land in their endless quest for "good deals" and raised housing prices here to the point where the rest of us could never afford one. So the cycle just repeats itself until another city, another desirable area lays in ruins. I don't have the answer, but I think a more permanent solution might be the creation of intentional communities (communes) based on socialist principles, run as democratic co-ops, with charters where medical care and housing are guaranteed human rights. Unlike communes of the past, they would not have religious affiliations, nor would they be run by a single person or charismatic leader, but by direct democracy. Inclusion would be written into the charter, so that people of all identities would feel welcome regardless of income, sex, gender, or political belief. Everyone would be required to work, but division of labor would be equitable and fair. The philosophical basis of such a community would be a shared value of tolerance and diversity with equitable distribution of wealth, so that, no matter what disputes arise, they wouldn't be over issues of greed, lack, or accumulation of wealth. After meeting everyone's material needs, the focus would be on securing meaningful occupation for all, that benefits the community at large. When I saw the proposals to end homelessness by creating communities of tiny houses, I thought more about this. Part of why our communities are not livable has to do with income disparity, greed, cost of living. But those issues would be greatly reduced with the creation of communities that exist solely to nurture human happiness and meet human needs, where the "point" is people helping people. That currently doesn't exist anywhere except in isolated religious communities. There is no reason a secular community could not exist, whose purpose is to benefit all.
