I would guess he set some limits for himself, or the list would be very long. Anyone looking into it would see that San Diego and Tijuana are pretty much the same metro area, albeit in different nations. You could leave a comment about it at Medium.
Jansen supervises his works, so we assume he'd steer them out of trouble. They ultimately go on display in a museum or are recycled for parts. I know he frames some parts to sell.
Hey, when I was a kid, I could do a front flip and a back flip, but in my circle of friends, it never occurred to us to try doing more than one at a time... that was Olga Korbut territory.
Weird architecture is not unusual... I once lived in an attic apartment that didn't have heat, but had a 24"x24" hole that bled heat from the downstairs. However, it was also only $85 a month.
I hear you. While mortgage, internet, and health insurance bills are fixed, you can always find a way to eat for less. I've got my meals down to less than a dollar each, with breakfast much cheaper. My overseas friends marvel at how cheap food and gas is in the US, but they are horrified by how expensive education and medical expenses are here.
Meanwhile, the periwinkle family only had two, or one with a spouse. Still, there are four people missing from the bottom tier.