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Worse because while is it expensive legally, it is often unjustly low in compensation to the land owner. Kind of like class action lawsuits, the only ones that
by morkalork 3y ago
Worse because while is it expensive legally, it is often unjustly low in compensation to the land owner. Kind of like class action lawsuits, the only ones that come out better off are the lawyers. Also, I've heard stories about some extended family that lost their farm by eminent domain for an airport. They never recovered.
- alistairSH 3y agoit is often unjustly low in compensation to the land owner How often is that true? In my very limited exposure to the process (2 friends over 25 years, both in VA) the result was fair. Obviously there are cases that make the news, but I assume these are the outliers.
- morkalork 3y agoI have no idea but it's got a pretty rough history of abuse: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/02/10/more-cities-seek-redress-widespread-20th-century-destruction-black-neighborhoods/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/02/10/more-citi...
- phlakaton 3y agoTake a look at the disputes that have arisen over CAHSR's use of eminent domain to see how thorny these issues can get. https://cchsra.org/cahsr-eminent-domain/ https://cchsra.org/cahsr-eminent-domain/
- Arrath 3y agoAnecdotally, a portion of my parents land (and my childhood home) was taken by eminent domain to widen the county road. My parents had to fight a legal battle with the county, who wanted to pay only for the value of the bare land they were taking, disregarding the fact that the house was on that portion of the property. My parents were eventually able to get fair compensation but it took time and effort to get the county to pony up.