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The problem is selling real estate as "Surefire gains that never go down" and people pinning their entire life to the value of their home. This leads to people
by Workaccount2 5y ago
The problem is selling real estate as "Surefire gains that never go down" and people pinning their entire life to the value of their home.
This leads to people who rabidly defend the systems that increase their property value, and these people also tend to be the local voting majority, so they can shoot down anything that they don't like.
The solution is declaring emergency powers to use eminent domain to seize unused property and build medium to high density housing on it. Yeah we'll have a few 6-fig account managers handcuffing themselves to bulldozers, but eventually it will get through.
- usrn 5y agoBefore you do that you better make damned sure you're doing the right thing. You're literally kicking people out of their homes and forcing them to move. We did that to the Indians a couple centuries ago and the consequences for both sides were not great. We did that to Mexican migratory workers last century and the result was the almost complete destruction of a country that shares a large land border with us. We're only beginning to experience the consequences from that.
- Workaccount2 5y agoYou're not kicking anyone out of anything. Uninhabited properties are bought by the government. Houses up for sale are gov purchased and turned into mutli-family. Basically the government is turned into the sole buyer who can also ignore zoning and resident complaints.
- usrn 5y agoThat's not what your comment said.
- Workaccount2 5y ago> eminent domain to seize unused property