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The author forgot to explain why the housing equivalent of a "Lambo" should exist at all, let alone the "Lambo" itself. It's statistics employed to defend hars
by cess11 3y ago
The author forgot to explain why the housing equivalent of a "Lambo" should exist at all, let alone the "Lambo" itself.
It's statistics employed to defend harshly hierarchical societies while claiming to care for the disadvantaged.
- zachmu 3y agoIt exists because someone wants it and is willing to pay for it and someone else is willing to sell it to them. What makes you think you have the right to stop either side of that transaction from engaging in it?
- cess11 3y agoI'm not religious, I don't believe in rights as given by gods or nature. I also don't believe either debt or money are necessary for a decent society.
- pixl97 3y agoBecause we have a million different laws preventing people from buying and selling whatever they want. The libertarian utopia that many on HN thinks should exist, doesn't. If the right to stop it didn't exist, there would be far more apartments and dense housing in these places that are zoned SFH.
- refurb 3y agoYour logic is “we ban some things so banning this is fine”. Thats an incredibly shallow argument. It’s so shallow in fact it could be used to argue for the ban of anything.
- pixl97 3y agoI mean looking across all humanity there is very little that has not been banned in one place or another. Banning things seems to be the one thing we're really good at.
- astrange 3y agoBecause zoning laws in the US prevent apartment development but they don't prevent mansion development. (Aside from lot coverage rules.) There is no such thing as a luxury apartment though, so you don't have to worry about that.
- hackerlight 3y ago"Luxury apartments" are largely a myth. That label gets slapped on any three bedroom apartment but they're usually cheaper than the median house in the same area. Curious how you never hear about "luxury house" even though they actually do exist in numbers.