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But what happens if due to sliding, one house moves over 1/2 plot but after compression, the next property over moves over 1/4. Now a mathematical and spacial c
by publicfig 11y ago
But what happens if due to sliding, one house moves over 1/2 plot but after compression, the next property over moves over 1/4. Now a mathematical and spacial change based purely off of property lines is going to misrepresent the actual change, while an adjustment based off of sliding objects may strip someone of 1/4 a plot of land. It's not a simple "just move the plot" solution unfortunately.
- stephengillie 11y agoThanks for clarifying some of the details that complicate my simple model. I feel like Eminent Domain might be one recourse - simply pay the land owner for the land that was lost. Though the land prices in California are so high as to make this prohibitively expensive. Another solution could be to take that 1/2 plot of land the city got, and give 1/4 of that to the squeezed landowner. But that solution wouldn't scale well - I foresee a nightmare scenario where hundreds of people are trying to sell their fractional ownership of a sandlot, except for one disgruntled group member.
- itsybitsycoder 11y agoIn the US, eminent domain is only allowed if the government pays a fair price for the land. What is a fair price for a partial plot that no longer exists? Giving 1/4 of a plot of a different property probably isn't fair either. Different plots of the same size will often have different values, and having a bunch of tiny plots all over the place versus one normal-sized plot is not very useful.
- function_seven 11y agoI think the answer to this scenario is simpler. Tell them, "Sorry, God just screwed you out of 1/4 of your land. Man that must suck. At least your property taxes will be reduced!"
- stephengillie 11y agoYes, but which god? Ishtar? Most of them aren't that fickle.
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