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The people who bought their houses 30+ years ago I really feel for. The change the area is experiencing is brutal, and imagine if everyone just kept asking you
by codemac 10y ago
The people who bought their houses 30+ years ago I really feel for. The change the area is experiencing is brutal, and imagine if everyone just kept asking you why you don't sell and move away from the very place you built?
It's futile for them to fight things, and honestly it ruins a lot of people's lives that they do. However I completely understand why they would push back on density, most people don't have to deal with growth at these types of numbers over their lifetime.
- flubert 10y ago>it ruins a lot of people's lives that they do. Honest question. How does Party A, living in a house that Party B wishes to replace with an apartment, ruin the life for Party C? Or is it B whose life is ruined? Or A's? Or am I misunderstanding you?
- codemac 10y agoBecause now Party C can't get affordable housing. Party A blocks Party B (builders/real estate people) from builing more housing which would make things more affordable for Party C.
- hx87 10y ago> most people don't have to deal with growth at these types of numbers over their lifetime. I used to live in Houston, and my parents still live there, and the growth (in construction, not price) they'd dealt with (and enjoyed) puts anywhere in the SF Bay Area to shame.
- codemac 10y agoThat's surprising! I think the big difference between Houston's sprawl and the Bay Area's increase in density is that the style of life your parents lead is probably the same they did before. Do you think that's true?
- hx87 10y agoIt is true, and it is only true because Houston allows free construction with no zoning whatsoever, so even when density increases the rents and property values don't go up that much and thus no one is every forced out.
- vkou 10y agoThose people are sitting on millions of dollars worth of equity. The people who have been renting for 30+ years are the ones screwed by this.