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		gruez on March 1, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Coronavirus information and extenuating circumstan... >Walk down 2 block of Tehran and by the end one or more people will have offered you their homes, for free.. Wait what? Is there more to this?

DoreenMichele on March 1, 2020 | [–]

They've been under US embargo for decades. In the US, Blacks historically couldn't use commercial hotels which were Whites only. They had to arrange to stay at private homes to travel.

I imagine it's sort of akin to that.

sjg007 on March 1, 2020 | [–]

Iranians are very nice and friendly people is my guess.

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