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What makes you think you're entitled to an increase in your "property value" at the expense of someone else? Maybe you should look at your house as a place to

• chongli 3y ago
  No one's entitled to returns on any investment, of course. But would you expect investors to stand idly by while their investments lose ground? Or would you expect them to take whatever opportunities are available to them to protect their investments?
• RHSeeger 3y ago
  > What makes you think you're entitled to an increase in your "property value" at the expense of someone else? The exact same thing that makes me think I can't just walk into your home and take what I want, because I want it and you're not using it. The rules set forth by the society we live in, as decided by the people living in that society. Sure, not all the rules are great; many of them are awful. But the solution to that is to fix the rules, not to say there shouldn't be _any_.
  • Turing_Machine 3y ago
    > The exact same thing that makes me think I can't just walk into your home and take what I want No, it doesn't work that way. My house is not your house. My land is not your land. If you're going to restrict my use of my property to increase your property value, you should pay me for that privilege.
    • chongli 3y ago
      No, that's not the way it works. When you move into a neighbourhood, a city, a state/province, and a country, you implicitly agree to abide by the rules. If the rules say you're not allowed to build your own house without approval of the design from an architect and an engineer and then you ignore them at your legal peril.
      • Turing_Machine 3y ago
        You're talking about "rules" as if they were some immutable dictate sent down from the gods. The rules in many areas used to forbid selling houses to black people. Those rules were changed. By force.
        • chongli 3y ago
          If you don’t like the rules then go ahead and change them where you live!