People like to make this argument as a blind for, "I am tired of building buildings with expensive seismic retrofitting and anti-fire measures, or to even consi

People like to make this argument as a blind for, "I am tired of building buildings with expensive seismic retrofitting and anti-fire measures, or to even consider they have modern electrical infrastructure." I don't like those arguments very much, as they place an unfair burden on buyers and often represent burdens on already wealthy people, who tent to project far more burdens than they shoulder. But if we're talking about "the homeowners around us are using the government to enforce scarcity because they love being ghoulish landlords rather than productive members of society" they yeah, I'm on board with you. Both of these fit through the keyhole of "building regulation" so I'm trying to draw lines to show you where I stand.