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Why are people entitled to live in a certain community just because they have been there for a long time? At what point do I get to lay claim to my house and f
by matchbok 8y ago
Why are people entitled to live in a certain community just because they have been there for a long time?
At what point do I get to lay claim to my house and force my city to allow me to live there for a subsidized price if I can't afford it?
- dragonwriter 8y ago> Why are people entitled to live in a certain community just because they have been there for a long time? I didn't say anything anout entitlement. I said that a certain change redistributes pain downward and magnifies it in the process.
- matchbok 8y agoSome pain for sure. Others make a cool 500k now that their house is no longer next to a meth lab.
- dragonwriter 8y agoYes, property owners—who tend to be more wealthy than renters to start with—may see benefits. That kind of reinforces the point, rather than contradicting it.
- matchbok 8y agoAnd renters can move. Just as people have done for hundreds of years.
- dragonwriter 8y agoYes, and that has a cost. Hence, the downward distribution of negative impacts.
- hedvig 8y agoThey could also band together, arm themselves, and so on, just as people have done for hundreds of years.
- gcb0 8y agowait, are you now defending a "tax break for the rich, so they can show poor home owners that they are too entitled"?