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'character' is just code for 'I don't want to share' or even worse 'I bought in and if we make more housing, my price won't go up as much'

• vasilipupkin 11y ago
  No, that's not correct. Character is what the neighborhood looks like, visually. Some people like to live on quiet tree lined streets not in a Manhattan like neighborhood. Immediately assuming they are racist is ridiculous
  • hueving 11y ago
    >Some people like to live on quiet tree lined streets not in a Manhattan A.k.a they don't want to share.
• rodgerd 11y ago
  > 'character' is just code for 'I don't want to share' Nonsense. I don't live in San Fran, I do live in a city whose character has changed. I don't mind that people saw the cool inner city and wanted to share. I do mind that developer put up cheap high-rises with shit sound insulation, and then waged war on music venues, getting most of them shut down. I do mind that rents escalate massively year-on-year so that the hitherto broad range of inhabitants have steadily whittled down to a richer and richer (and frankly less interesting) rump. I do mind that many landlords would apparently rather see an empty shopfront than an interesting store that's no longer viable because apparently the thing to do is year-on-year 30% rent rises.
  • mahyarm 11y ago
    Rents escalating massively is usually a case of supply controls.