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The cars parked across the sidewalk are individuals parking their car at home. Bird scooters littering the sidewalks is a business model. How do you not underst

by lr 8y ago

The cars parked across the sidewalk are individuals parking their car at home. Bird scooters littering the sidewalks is a business model. How do you not understand the difference?

Dylan16807 8y ago
I don't care who owns the vehicle, I care about who uses it and how much in my way it is. The car might be a rental too, doesn't really make a difference.
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Johnny555 8y ago
If the homeowner left the scooter there would you feel better about it? What if it was his own personally owned scooter?
- akiselev 8y ago
  I still wouldn't be happy but yes, I would be happier. A resident homeowner/renter has far more right to utilize the public property in front of their residence than some [multi-]national corporation, just like residents have the right to vote for their representatives and the businesses don't. I tolerate far worse externalities from my neighbors because they're my neighbors and I want to minimize pointless conflict for their emotional benefit as well as mine. Business that create externalities in my neighborhood for the sake of corporate profit, on the other hand, can either pay me and my neighbors in cash to deal with the externalities (with a decent profit margin for our time and effort) or they can go f* themselves.
  - nradov 8y ago
    That is incorrect. Ownership of private property grants no special rights over the use of adjacent public property.
    - akiselev 8y ago
      Reread what I wrote. A resident homeowner/renter - that's literally the definition of a town, county, or state constituency. Living there (which only a human can do) grants you special rights to decide how that public property will be utilized, developed, and regulated by voting in representatives.
      - nradov 8y ago
        No that's not how it works. Blocking public sidewalks is illegal (although inconsistently enforced) in almost every city, regardless of who lives there.

by lr 8y ago

The cars parked across the sidewalk are individuals parking their car at home. Bird scooters littering the sidewalks is a business model. How do you not understand the difference?

Dylan16807 8y ago

I don't care who owns the vehicle, I care about who uses it and how much in my way it is. The car might be a rental too, doesn't really make a difference.

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Johnny555 8y ago

If the homeowner left the scooter there would you feel better about it? What if it was his own personally owned scooter?

akiselev 8y ago
I still wouldn't be happy but yes, I would be happier. A resident homeowner/renter has far more right to utilize the public property in front of their residence than some [multi-]national corporation, just like residents have the right to vote for their representatives and the businesses don't. I tolerate far worse externalities from my neighbors because they're my neighbors and I want to minimize pointless conflict for their emotional benefit as well as mine. Business that create externalities in my neighborhood for the sake of corporate profit, on the other hand, can either pay me and my neighbors in cash to deal with the externalities (with a decent profit margin for our time and effort) or they can go f* themselves.
- nradov 8y ago
  That is incorrect. Ownership of private property grants no special rights over the use of adjacent public property.
  - akiselev 8y ago
    Reread what I wrote. A resident homeowner/renter - that's literally the definition of a town, county, or state constituency. Living there (which only a human can do) grants you special rights to decide how that public property will be utilized, developed, and regulated by voting in representatives.
    - nradov 8y ago
      No that's not how it works. Blocking public sidewalks is illegal (although inconsistently enforced) in almost every city, regardless of who lives there.