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If you own a house, you don't want the prices to be driven down. If you had an idyllic childhood in a sleepy town not unlike Mayberry, it is entirely reasonabl
by compiler-guy 7y ago
If you own a house, you don't want the prices to be driven down.
If you had an idyllic childhood in a sleepy town not unlike Mayberry, it is entirely reasonable to want the same things for your kids.
None of that is realistic anymore--the world is a changed place. But these are not irrational preferences to have.
- toasterlovin 7y ago> None of that is realistic anymore It's not realistic when you have unrestricted immigration, as the US states have between each other.
- xamuel 7y agoOr you could have PTSD or just vanilla noise-sensitivity and just living in a quiet neighborhood could be extremely important to you. You might have made very significant personal sacrifices to afford to move to a suburb for exactly this reason. Should you just be forced to go live in the woods as a hermit, cast out by society?
- bluGill 7y agoIf the city up zones your suburb can empty out making things better for you. It is only those who like their level of busy not far from downtown that will get pushed out.
- SlowRobotAhead 7y ago>making things better for you Ah, surely there is nothing open interpretation there.
- driverdan 7y agoYou can sound proof a home. It's very common in NYC. Not everyone can live where they want. That's life.
- kelnos 7y agoWell, unfortunately, yes. I don't want to sound heartless, but sometimes the needs of the many do outweigh the needs of the few. This isn't "tyranny of the majority" here. It's incredibly selfish to use PTSD or noise-sensitivity as a justification for contributing to a situation where tens (hundreds?) of thousands of people have 3-hour commutes when they could otherwise live closer to work.