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> Why you should be in, around, under or on top of water Easier said than done. I grew up close to a pretty cool coastline, and I've wanted to live there all m
by mkl95 3y ago
> Why you should be in, around, under or on top of water
Easier said than done. I grew up close to a pretty cool coastline, and I've wanted to live there all my life. Regular people like me used to be common there decades ago, but it has been parasitized by millionaires and it's unaffordable these days. If you have a million or so in the bank sure, go enjoy the psychological benefits of such a place.
- kaycebasques 3y agoThe article acknowledges this and proposes alternatives: > Obviously, we can’t all live a walk from the beach (or on the isle of Icaria, for that matter). But any engagement with water, even a creek, can offer a salve for our embattled brains.
- TeMPOraL 3y agoDoes the dishwasher count? As I sit by my desk now, everyone else in the household already asleep, I listen to the water flowing and splashing and rumbling in the machine under the kitchen counter, and think to myself - except for occasional mechanical clunk, it really does sound like a river, or a sea (depending on what part of the program is running).
- falcor84 3y agoMaybe with the rising global water levels, living "in, around, under or on top of water" will become a more attainable possibility for a whole new range of people /s
- troad 3y agoSame story here. I could not afford today to buy a house in the seaside neighbourhood I grew up in. Wealthy non-locals “discovered” it, snatched up all the housing, and promptly formed “Stop overdevelopment now!” lobbies, leeching off the locals’ discomfort with the newcomers to protect their own new-found property values by preventing any further increase in housing supply. It’s honestly just depressing. Nothing will change until we drastically ramp up house construction. You don’t “protect” a community by keeping the buildings the same while replacing all the existing inhabitants with different, richer ones.
- genocidicbunny 3y agoMay I ask why you should have more right to buy a house in that town than someone else? You say 'grew up in' which implies you've moved away. At that point, you're also a non-local aren't you?
- vkou 3y ago> May I ask why you should have more right to buy a house in that town than someone else? You should ask that question to the NIMBYs that have pulled the ladder up from under them. "Nobody is allowed to move to this area after I did" is insane, toxic, and selfish.
- genocidicbunny 3y agoIt's not insane, it's quite rational as long as real estate is an investment.
- TeMPOraL 3y ago> as long as real estate is an investment And therein lies the problem.
- vkou 3y agoHouses can't both be affordable, and a good investment. And if I have to choose between people having a roof over their heads, and investors being happy, the latter can go pound sand any day of the week.
- genocidicbunny 3y agoI think you misunderstood me as advocating for the system that exists; We very much agree. But as long as housing is an investment, the rational thing will remain to try to pull up the ladder behind you.
- troad 3y agoI don’t think I should have more of a right to buy a house there than anyone else, and I’m genuinely puzzled how you got that idea from my comment. I think housing should be sufficiently plentiful that everyone has the opportunity to make a home in a community of their choosing.
- bentcorner 3y agoMaybe that's part of the explanation? It's just a correlation - being able to live near the coastline requires wealth which means you can take better care of your health.
- mkl95 3y agoPretty much. This so called blue mind theory is just saying that rich people tend to be happy.