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> Rent control is the ultimate "I got mine" - it rewards people who got in early while making it impossible for anyone else to have housing. Where the fuck is
by giantrobot 3y ago
> Rent control is the ultimate "I got mine" - it rewards people who got in early while making it impossible for anyone else to have housing.
Where the fuck is the priced out person supposed to go? They need to uproot their life because a wealthier person came along?
- rendang 3y agoYou don't have some special right to keep living in the same neighborhood just because you were there first
- giantrobot 3y agoYou don't have some special right to upend someone else's life because you were somewhere second. You'd be singing quite a different tune if someone decided to kick you out of your house simply because they have more money and decided they wanted your plot.
- rendang 3y agoAn apartment you rent is not "your" house. If you get used to eating some species of shellfish, and the market price for it suddenly triples, society is not obliged to subsidize you continuing to eating it for the rest of your life.