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When housing is treated as an investment, naturally people don't want the value of their investment to decrease due to increased supply. Of course the expectat
by ralph84 8y ago
When housing is treated as an investment, naturally people don't want the value of their investment to decrease due to increased supply.
Of course the expectation that housing should be an investment has been a social disaster, but that's not something SF can solve.
- clay_the_ripper 8y agoI’m specifically talking about renters having this attitude though, not just homeowners. I guess renters can be NIMBYS too? I suppose I always associated these views with homeowners not renters.
- mynameishere 8y agoNobody's rent is going to go down because a new apartment moved in across the street. You know what will change though? The infrastructure, noise levels, and population density will all get worse.