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The network effects/moats of places! There needs to be a Kickstarter for coordinating groups of people to move to the same place all at the same time.
by cjbarber 1y ago
The network effects/moats of places! There needs to be a Kickstarter for coordinating groups of people to move to the same place all at the same time.
- RajT88 1y agoGood luck getting people to agree not to compete for the best cheap houses.
- s1artibartfast 1y agodoesn't seems to be a problem currently.
- pyuser583 1y agoThen the value of the place would go up fast. This is one way gentrification happens.
- jefftk 1y agoThat seems to be pretty good for the group of newcomers! They all buy together at lowish prices, then prices go up enough that they ~make their money back on housing appreciation. And it's not bad for existing homeowners either, since they get the appreciation too.
- johnnyanmac 1y agoIs someone Penny pinching $400/month really going to have the funds necessary to flip housing?
- pyuser583 1y agoSome penny pinching so they can flip houses would.
- kiba 1y agoOr you could just invest the difference in your stock portfolio and institute a land value tax instead. Stock are more a lot more liquid than real estate and less risky as well. Whereas the value of a home is pretty much stuck in the property until you convert it to liquid cash by selling it, but then you need to move elsewhere.
- renewiltord 1y agoIndeed you could either go through the arduous task of convincing your friends to move somewhere with you or just get enough political support for a land value tax instead. No brainer to go for the tax. Way easier to achieve.
- HPsquared 1y agoAh, path dependence.
- diggan 1y ago> And it's not bad for existing homeowners either, since they get the appreciation too. Assuming everyone is only out after appreciating house prices. While the locals who lived there before you might like that the house gains in value, depending on how large the group is and what the culture is, they might not like it at all. There is a reason some rural people continue living in rural areas, and bringing parts of the city to them might not be ideal for those people.
- thatguy0900 1y agoExactly what rural people want, enough city people all moving in at once to noticably change the local culture(their whole goal) and also price the locals out of their own city
- Dylan16807 1y agoI'm sure there's a way to have more than 20 but less than 2000 people move to the same general area. Also if your primary goal is a cheap lifestyle, you're much less likely to gentrify anything.
- renewiltord 1y agoIt was pretty easy for me. We got enough friends to move to one neighborhood of SF. Once you get a few, the numbers start going up and the gravity of the network draws more.
- JCharante 1y agothat's what pieter levels did in portugal
- ludicrousdispla 1y agoSeems like you could call it Cultstarter
- herbst 1y agoOrganized gentrification. Nice
- flicken 1y agoThe Free State Project[1] had 20k libertarians pledge to move to New Hampshire, talking 15 years to reach the total number. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_State_Project https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_State_Project
- littlestymaar 1y agoOnly to fail to address the problem of bears because it requires the kind of public action that libertarians rejects for religious reasons.
- os2warpman 1y agoA libertarian solving a problem is like me performing brain surgery. They ain't got no clue, and will almost certainly make things worse.
- m0llusk 1y agoThis has turned out to be a really interesting failure. To point out just one aspect, back in the 1970s there were hints that New Hampshire was leaning toward legalization of cannabis. Libertarian party meetups often focused on legalization of cannabis. This trend seemed to be solid and strongly linked to Libertarian influence in the state. Then the Free State Project happened and the intense liberty seeking of the Libertarian party kept everyone occupied with arguments about bears and taxation. Meanwhile the rest of New England legalized cannabis while New Hampshire remained in a strange state of suspension. The influence of Libertarians has been so chaotic and unpredictable that what was considered the most likely result of Libertarian influence now seems completely out of reach. This powerfully demonstrates how seemingly minor or irrelevant factors like political networks, tone, and tempo can end up being as important as core political issues and their direct consequences. Metaphors like piloting the ship of state through stormy waters take on additional meaning in this context.
- amluto 1y agoForget cannabis. I always found it hilarious that NH is supposedly libertarian but bans privately run businesses from selling bottles of alcohol.