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> to pay premium for less dense living What is stopping you from doing that in any one of: Hillsboro, Beaverton, Tigard, Lake Oswego, Vancouver, ...

• ggg9990 9y ago
  I mean, if someone already owns a home in Portland, and can use their vote to maintain the kind of lifestyle they want, why wouldn’t they? Altruism towards a potential future resident? Unlikely.
  • koverstreet 9y ago
    If everyone acts that way that'll be a good way to end up like California.
    • ggg9990 9y ago
      No, because without Prop 13 a retired teacher isn’t going to want her house to be worth $5 million if she plans on continuing to live there.
      • koverstreet 9y ago
        That mindset was what led to prop 13. When did altruism become such a dirty word? When did selfish, short term thinking become such the norm? That isn't the kind of thinking that built the stuff we take for granted.
      • electricslpnsld 9y ago
        And where are contemporary teachers supposed to live? The San Francisco school district is building what amount to dorms for teachers because the housing market is so distorted.