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Shows nicely how 'developed society' makes it very hard for the homeless to help themselves - as soon as you're 'out' of the system, you're not allowed to do an

by deogeo 7y ago

Shows nicely how 'developed society' makes it very hard for the homeless to help themselves - as soon as you're 'out' of the system, you're not allowed to do anything. Just building a house is illegal.

Scoundreller 7y ago
“Either build something to our unaffordable standards ‘for your safety’ or die”
- closeparen 7y ago
  “I will nobly protect you by making sure you can only enter transactions I would agree to. No, I don’t give a shit what happens to you if no transactions that meet my standards are available.” A frustrating theme with regulation in general.
  - lotsofpulp 7y ago
    Should check out what places with no/few regulations looks like, like India/Somalia/Brazil. Unfortunately, there is a balance to be met and there will be trade offs, but when dealing with limited public resources such as land/nature, it’s a difficult task to simultaneously protect the rights of an individual and the needs of society.
    - closeparen 7y ago
      I can propose anything, call it a regulation, and half the country will be ready to defend it to the death, telling opponents "if you don't like it you should try Somalia." The other half will oppose it reflexively. It's almost like the actual rule content, and how it changes outcomes, matters? >the needs of society. Life in San Francisco works as least as well as life in Sunnyvale. Which needs of society are addressed by Sunnyvale's lower FAR and height limits, greater parking requirements, etc. and why don't these needs exist 30 miles to the north? What exactly is the need for protection from skyscrapers, and how are New Yorkers surviving their presence?
closeparen 7y ago
A house-sized plot of land is a rare and highly sought after thing in the Bay Area. Poor and even middle class people are never going to afford that, building regulations notwithstanding. We need to be legalizing apartments.

by deogeo 7y ago

Scoundreller 7y ago

“Either build something to our unaffordable standards ‘for your safety’ or die”

closeparen 7y ago
“I will nobly protect you by making sure you can only enter transactions I would agree to. No, I don’t give a shit what happens to you if no transactions that meet my standards are available.” A frustrating theme with regulation in general.
- lotsofpulp 7y ago
  Should check out what places with no/few regulations looks like, like India/Somalia/Brazil. Unfortunately, there is a balance to be met and there will be trade offs, but when dealing with limited public resources such as land/nature, it’s a difficult task to simultaneously protect the rights of an individual and the needs of society.
  - closeparen 7y ago
    I can propose anything, call it a regulation, and half the country will be ready to defend it to the death, telling opponents "if you don't like it you should try Somalia." The other half will oppose it reflexively. It's almost like the actual rule content, and how it changes outcomes, matters? >the needs of society. Life in San Francisco works as least as well as life in Sunnyvale. Which needs of society are addressed by Sunnyvale's lower FAR and height limits, greater parking requirements, etc. and why don't these needs exist 30 miles to the north? What exactly is the need for protection from skyscrapers, and how are New Yorkers surviving their presence?

closeparen 7y ago

A house-sized plot of land is a rare and highly sought after thing in the Bay Area. Poor and even middle class people are never going to afford that, building regulations notwithstanding. We need to be legalizing apartments.