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If you go bankrupt you are essentially proven to be bad with money. Why would I rent to you? If you don't like it, buy some property like the landlords did.

akhmatova 5y ago
If you go bankrupt you are essentially proven to be bad with money. No - per the example in the article, you are proven to have the misfortune of living in a country with a corrupt and dysfunctional healthcare system.
- blindmute 5y ago
  Not my (a landlord's) problem. Plenty of people didn't have that happen to them. Do you presume that I should have no say on who I allow to live in the home I bought? It's my property
  - akhmatova 5y ago
    Do you presume that I should have no say on who I allow to live in the home I bought? No -- you do not have "no" say. But but the law says there are limits in the criteria you can use to reject candidates. Of which you (as a landlord) are presumably already perfectly aware. As you are of the fact that minute you move out (and establish another legal residence) -- it's no longer your "home". It's my property. Sorry, but this isn't an Ayn Rand novel. In real life, property ownership does not give you 100 percent freedom to do what ever you want with your property. It is a social contract, with obligations and limits.
    - blindmute 5y ago
      Okay. I prefer to vote for people who make it so, and live in places where, that social contract has better terms for me. We've seen what the opposite policies lead to: Seattle, LA, Portland. I would never step foot in those cities again, and everyone knows why.
      - akhmatova 5y ago
        I guess those places will have to find a way to manage without you, then.
        blindmute 5y ago
        Seattle and Portland will find themselves in a Detroit situation in the coming decades. Remote work means people start to realize they don't need to step over human feces in their city to earn a wage. I don't foresee this decay being stopped.

akhmatova 5y ago

If you go bankrupt you are essentially proven to be bad with money. No - per the example in the article, you are proven to have the misfortune of living in a country with a corrupt and dysfunctional healthcare system.

blindmute 5y ago
Not my (a landlord's) problem. Plenty of people didn't have that happen to them. Do you presume that I should have no say on who I allow to live in the home I bought? It's my property
- akhmatova 5y ago
  Do you presume that I should have no say on who I allow to live in the home I bought? No -- you do not have "no" say. But but the law says there are limits in the criteria you can use to reject candidates. Of which you (as a landlord) are presumably already perfectly aware. As you are of the fact that minute you move out (and establish another legal residence) -- it's no longer your "home". It's my property. Sorry, but this isn't an Ayn Rand novel. In real life, property ownership does not give you 100 percent freedom to do what ever you want with your property. It is a social contract, with obligations and limits.
  - blindmute 5y ago
    Okay. I prefer to vote for people who make it so, and live in places where, that social contract has better terms for me. We've seen what the opposite policies lead to: Seattle, LA, Portland. I would never step foot in those cities again, and everyone knows why.
    - akhmatova 5y ago
      I guess those places will have to find a way to manage without you, then.
      - blindmute 5y ago
        Seattle and Portland will find themselves in a Detroit situation in the coming decades. Remote work means people start to realize they don't need to step over human feces in their city to earn a wage. I don't foresee this decay being stopped.