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The other democratic societies who have solved this problem seem to belie your claim. The issue here is that the unit of democracy for this problem is too local
by sdhgaiojfsa 9y ago
The other democratic societies who have solved this problem seem to belie your claim. The issue here is that the unit of democracy for this problem is too local.
- anovikov 9y agoSimple fix: even MORE strict zoning and ban of private ownership on individual apartments. They all will be owner by the city itself and rented out. Basically, back to Soviet Union.
- sdhgaiojfsa 9y agoThat is a bad idea. The Soviet Union was a shitty place to live, and its economic policies were disastrous. As I pointed out in the comment you're replying to, this problem has already been well-solved by simply expanding the locus of control for zoning so that the interests served by it are more global.
- anovikov 9y agoThat's what i meant. Sacking democracy and market economy to fix these things is an overkill and there is hardly a better way. European cities try to fix it in a half-Commie way: try to keep as many apartment buildings in public property and lease them subsidized, with rental contracts dating from early post-WWII days and passed as inheritance. Same thing: keep the place to incumbents - only with no ability to cash out.