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This is part of an ongoing attempt to create quality affordable housing - just as other products have done over time. If the product weren’t there, the option
by ctdonath 5y ago
This is part of an ongoing attempt to create quality affordable housing - just as other products have done over time.
If the product weren’t there, the option wouldn’t be there - and your reasoning functionally favors driving down lower classes by denying them steps up.
No, there is not some grand capitalist conspiracy to subjugate multitudes into poverty to seize their paltry holdings. Capitalism raises the poor by giving them options that benefit both parties; the burgeoning ADU market seeks to give better homes to poor, which is a hard goal with limited (but existing!) incentives.
- lovich 5y agoI feel like no one responding to me in this thread is capable of understanding how the tone of your wording changes how it is received by others. I understand how capitalism works and that this provides an option that wasn’t available before. Telling people who have next to nothing that they can simply choose another house if they think this one is sub standard, while factually accurate, makes you sound like a complete asshole who doesn’t understand that they don’t have the resources to pick other options That’s the entire point I’m making. Any response about capitalism or ADUs is ignoring my point and talking past me
- ctdonath 5y agoYes, X may be their only option. X sucks, and it’s not what anyone with options would choose. Well, except for Y, which is even worse. You’re arguing that X shouldn’t exist, leaving only Y. This, in your words, “makes you sound like a complete asshole who doesn’t understand that” this is a step up.