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Eh. Everyone needs somewhere to live and the one thing in the world nobody's gotten good at making more of is land.
by forgetfreeman 2y ago
Eh. Everyone needs somewhere to live and the one thing in the world nobody's gotten good at making more of is land.
- dweekly 2y ago(Gestures at The Netherlands)
- kevindamm 2y ago(Gestures at artificial islands in the South China Sea)
- forgetfreeman 2y agoyawns in sea level rise
- dr_dshiv 2y agoBah, the Dutch haven’t created a new province for decades. Are they really getting better at making new land? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flevoland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flevoland Now, the UAE, on the other hand… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_reclamation_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_reclamation_in_the_United...
- immibis 2y agoA lot of land is terribly utilized. I live in a ~10-storey building, on a ground footprint about half the size of a typical American suburban plot, in one apartment of three on this floor, in one room of the apartment with three. Given the irrational assumptions that everyone is a 1-person "household" ("roomhold"?) living with roommates, and some percentage live with their partners in the same room, this is 200 times more effective use of land.
- forgetfreeman 2y agoEffective by what metric? Provoked mental illness in occupants? Blood cortisol ppm? I'd literally rather live in my car than the conditions you're describing.
- micromacrofoot 2y agoAre you suggesting apartment buildings, which are a feature in every major city on the planet, contribute to mental illness? and that you'd prefer living in a car as opposed to a fairly standard place that millions of people live in?
- immibis 2y agoThat's exactly what they're suggesting. It's one of many right-wing talking points designed to keep the poor poor, with no basis in reality.
- throwaway48540 2y agoThere's nothing right wing about this.
- micromacrofoot 2y agothey do hate cities though
- throwaway48540 2y agoDo they? Where I live, right wing people live in cities and hate the subsidies to rural left wing farmers.
- forgetfreeman 2y agoI've never even heard of a left wing farmer before, much less met one. They don't appear to be a thing on the east coast.
- hattmall 2y agoLand prices, however are heavily influenced by artificial scarcity. It's also something you are entirely reliant on the government to enable you to own and you can't under any circumstances transport.
- forgetfreeman 2y agoArtificial scarcity? Who sold you that crock of shit? The state of Vermont is 2,615,376 acres in size and that number isn't subject to increase. Short of living in a bunker with a stash of bullion and a couple tons of crated toilet paper you aren't likely to find an investment strat that doesn't rely on some form of governmental oversight.
- hattmall 2y ago>The state of Vermont is 2,615,376 acres I'm not sure I understand the argument. But going with Vermont, the population is 647,000. THat's over 4 acres per person. That's quite a bit. Zoning, restricted access, hoarding, and inefficient markets contribute largely to land having inflated prices. A slightly more progressive government could absolutely change the entire outlook of the land market.