bangoimby

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by bangoimby 3y ago
Ideally we want a democracy to be representative (in the statistical sense) and resistant to regulatory capture and low-information voting. Maybe it wouldn't work in practice, but it seems like we already have a system that attempts to
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by bangoimby 3y ago
I'm not sure, IANAL but I would say that much of what a EULA or ToS covers is not that novel, companies skate by on technicalities, and a nontrivial portion of a typical agreement may even already be invalid but lacks case law. If comp
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by bangoimby 5y ago
Didn't say it was perfectly fungible, just fungible enough that a significant enough increase in other types of supply might bring down SFHs. Either that or the true value of a SFH in a no longer housing constrained San Francisco reall
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by bangoimby 5y ago
Please no. There is no need to squeeze new buyers and force them into subtandard conditions. There's no reason cities can't redevelop 2 neighborhoods to 10 stories instead of 1 neighborhood to 5 and still have livable 1-2br apartm
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by bangoimby 5y ago
> Building apartments and tearing down houses lowers the price of apartments and raises the price of houses; it's simple supply and demand. Do you have evidence of this? I would think increasing the supply of housing would have a do
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by bangoimby 5y ago
Prop 13 applies to commercial property too, I'm pretty sure. I think commercial property just doesn't burden the city. A Google office has private security, a fire suppression system, and doesn't house kids who need to attend
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by bangoimby 5y ago
Bingo. Balance is way more important than density. It should be mandated by state law. Doesn't need to be per-city; you could have a system to trade jobs vs housing with neighboring cities or something. A major irony is that California
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by bangoimby 5y ago
Honestly I think this would be fine. The problem is they allow FANG to build giant offices, which brings new 400k-income jobs and bids up the restricted supply. I think they should be forced to choose one or the other. Keep their SFH and sa
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by bangoimby 5y ago
No. People always say density helps availability, and price increases are due to the denser areas being more desirable. The major factor driving housing inflation is restricted supply, which is relative to demand. Demand is created primaril