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You can get more out of a house than resale value, and thus "protecting" doesn't pertain only to resale value. If you buy a house because it has a nice view of
by sliverstorm 11y ago
You can get more out of a house than resale value, and thus "protecting" doesn't pertain only to resale value.
If you buy a house because it has a nice view of the mountains, fighting billboards that obstruct your view is "protecting your investment".
- davidw 11y agoI can understand protecting genuinely historic stuff, but Silicon Valley? The area is all about change. If there weren't constant change, the area would still be rural. I can understand wanting to channel it to some degree, too, but it's ultimately an iron triangle where something has to give. Right now, it's the less economically fortunate who are getting turfed out and losing access to an area that generates a phenomenal amount of wealth.