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This type of company owned adjacent property is not legal in most countries, as it is akin to riders largely existing in a company owned town where said company
by simfree 3y ago
This type of company owned adjacent property is not legal in most countries, as it is akin to riders largely existing in a company owned town where said company can extract significantly more rent from each rider than they otherwise would, distorting the market to hurt competition.
- nox101 3y agoIt doesn't seem to have hurt Japan and I'm not sure it's the same. The train company doesn't own the entire town so it's not remotely the same as "company owned town". Even if the train station owns a grocery store there are 4 others in the same neighborhood run by other companies. Same with office buildings, apartments, etc....