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Dear Weekend Jolter, Who's up for a round of armchair sociology? Say the world is ...   WITH JUDSON BERGER March 30 2024   What Is Causing the Squatting Surge? Dear Weekend Jolter, Who's up for a round of armchair sociology? Say the world is struck by a calamity unprecedented in the modern age, and, in response, good citizens are instructed to work from home if possible and keep their children home from school; college grads are allowed to pause student-loan payments; and landlords are told not to evict tenants for falling behind on rent. After months, and in some cases years, of this "new normal," however warranted the changes may have been for a limited time, returning to old habits would be a challenge, would it not? In fact, resistance to doing so is, today, evident across the board. Educators nationwide are dealing with a rise in chronic absenteeism, as students fell out of the habit of attending class during Covid's remote-learning pe