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we need to fix the perverse incentives capitalism provides that discourage building enough housing. blaming old people accomplishes nothing.
For example -- keep wearing jeans, but buy a couple pairs of nice, dark/black well-cut jeans.
Instead of wearing a sweatshirt hoodie, wear a nice pullover sweater (H&M sells a nice waffle-texture sweater for fairly cheap, I got mine on clearance for $5 and I've worn it for years now).
Button-ups can easily look too formal, but flannel is a good middle ground.
Some nice-fabric solid-tone tshirts are a good basic, as well.
Now that you have a few pieces, you can mix-and-match as well. Sweater + flannel underneath, unbuttoned flannel with tshirt underneath, etc.
For shoes, instead of wearing cheap running shoes, find some nicer-looking neutral-color sneakers (might be worth looking thru https://www.reddit.com/r/Sneakers/comments/2e9b1o/we_should_..., but I can't vouch too hard for it). Depending on your style, you might also want some boots -- I have some big black Doc-esque boots that I love, but brown is a less-punk choice that's a classic.
FWIW: I'm not a guy, but this advice is pretty gender-neutral.
Good luck!
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This seems really inconvenient, but who cares because it's ideologically sound!I also have been really enjoying the History of English podcast as a neat hybrid linguistics / history podcast hybrid.