feel like this explanation is a bit too flat. it's not as simple. it's the fact that

1.) Repairing the roof in the summer would cost more than removing the standing water when it rains
2.) The people actually working under the hole in the roof do not have a choice on whether it gets repaired. It's the people who work in houses with well-maintained roofs that decide when it makes sense to replace the roof
3.) The time spent working around the hole in the roof costs more money than the time spent fixing it. This is because during the sunny days the people working without a roof get sunburn. The problem is that because that's not actually realized or tangible, the people making decisions with a roof over their head just see the cost to repair vs the cost to remove water.

RE: https://mastodon.social/users/pierstoval/statuses/111133315182556286