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“immiserate other people who want to live there“ Perhaps true, but what right do the people who don’t live in his neighborhood but want to have the right to im

by zepto 6y ago

“immiserate other people who want to live there“ Perhaps true, but what right do the people who don’t live in his neighborhood but want to have the right to immiserate the people who already live there by building high density blocks? Why do you not recommend those people to look for acreage in remote areas?

shuckles 6y ago
Building apartments is not a pox on a community. In fact, the most valuable real estate on the planet has lots of apartments. And are you seriously asking why people may want to live someplace for reasons other than it being an undistinguished suburb? School, weather, jobs, community?
- lazide 6y ago
  And what right do they have to impose on others to change and take damaging consequences so they can be happier or their life easier without compensating them for it?
  - shuckles 6y ago
    Views are not protected and neither is zoning. If you want to have the right to exclude apartments from a neighborhood, go ahead and buy all the land. I’d be surprised if single family zoning survived a legal challenge.
    - lazide 6y ago
      What are you talking about exactly?
- zepto 6y ago
  > Building apartments is not a pox on a community. This is an opinion which is not universally agreed with. > are you seriously asking why people may want to live someplace for reasons other than it being an undistinguished suburb? School, weather, jobs, community? No. If you look at the comment you are replying to, you’ll see that the question I asked was: > what right do the people who don’t live in his neighborhood but want to have the right to immiserate the people who already live there by building high density blocks?
imtringued 6y ago
> but want to have the right to immiserate the people who already live there by building high density blocks? We should start by tearing this building [0] down, otherwise everyone surrounding that property will live in misery. [0] https://youtu.be/KuFKIfLHhgY https://youtu.be/KuFKIfLHhgY
rcpt 6y ago
> what right do the people who don’t live in his neighborhood but want to have the right to immiserate the people who already live there by building high density blocks? That's what money is for. The issue is that local landowners use regulatory capture to penalize newcomers as much as possible

by zepto 6y ago

shuckles 6y ago

Building apartments is not a pox on a community. In fact, the most valuable real estate on the planet has lots of apartments. And are you seriously asking why people may want to live someplace for reasons other than it being an undistinguished suburb? School, weather, jobs, community?

lazide 6y ago
And what right do they have to impose on others to change and take damaging consequences so they can be happier or their life easier without compensating them for it?
- shuckles 6y ago
  Views are not protected and neither is zoning. If you want to have the right to exclude apartments from a neighborhood, go ahead and buy all the land. I’d be surprised if single family zoning survived a legal challenge.
  - lazide 6y ago
    What are you talking about exactly?
zepto 6y ago
> Building apartments is not a pox on a community. This is an opinion which is not universally agreed with. > are you seriously asking why people may want to live someplace for reasons other than it being an undistinguished suburb? School, weather, jobs, community? No. If you look at the comment you are replying to, you’ll see that the question I asked was: > what right do the people who don’t live in his neighborhood but want to have the right to immiserate the people who already live there by building high density blocks?

imtringued 6y ago

> but want to have the right to immiserate the people who already live there by building high density blocks? We should start by tearing this building [0] down, otherwise everyone surrounding that property will live in misery. [0] https://youtu.be/KuFKIfLHhgY https://youtu.be/KuFKIfLHhgY

rcpt 6y ago

> what right do the people who don’t live in his neighborhood but want to have the right to immiserate the people who already live there by building high density blocks? That's what money is for. The issue is that local landowners use regulatory capture to penalize newcomers as much as possible