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We're talking about Berlin.

• pertymcpert 6y ago
  It's just a temporary short term fix. Like opioid pain killers, over time the downsides massively outweigh any benefits.
  • imtringued 6y ago
    Exactly, it's a pain killer. It's about making people shut up and stop talking about the problem.
  • anoncake 6y ago
    It's not that simple. Opioids are used all over the world, only in the USA did they cause a crisis. Countries with saner political systems shouldn't judge policies by how they worked in the USA.
• floren 6y ago
  "I'd like to move out of my rent-controlled apartment in Spandau because my job is in Eberswalde, but I don't want to walk away from this rate."
  • vkou 6y ago
    For every one person in that situation, there are nine who can't move out of their rent-controlled apartment, not because they don't want to walk away from their rate, but because they can't afford to. Well-off-techies who somehow stumbled into both getting a grandfathered rent controlled rate, and a job in the next city over might be a majority of posters on HN[1], but are a tiny minority of the population. You probably shouldn't be basing overall public policy around them. [1] I personally think it's unlikely.
    • nitrogen 6y ago
      When there's more movement in a market, it's easier for supply to increase and prices to stabilize.
    • edbob 6y ago
      > For every one person in that situation, there are nine who can't I'd be interested to know the actual numbers, but I doubt they happen to be 90%.
  • anoncake 6y ago
    That could happen if the Mietendeckel is made permanent and the Abgeordnetenhaus refuses to do its job and adjust it as necessary for a few decades. In reality, your strawman is not realistic.