greenie_beans

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by greenie_beans 9mo ago
fair point, and my original point doesn't negate that truth: reducing every problem to zoning laws is lazy analysis.
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by greenie_beans 9mo ago
the rent is too high because of the market incentives. zoning laws are one of several dynamics that influence the market. we've built a ton of structures with existing zoning laws when the economy is good, more than we've built du
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by greenie_beans 9mo ago
if you are going to have a rebuttal, at least give a little bit why my take is lazy analysis. (and i'm aware your argument exists, and it's also wrong!)
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by greenie_beans 9mo ago
reducing everything to zoning laws is lazy analysis. nobody will ever sell $4 lunch bowls in SF because the rent is too high. so these market incentives will influence/force the proprietor to sell them for more!
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by greenie_beans 9mo ago
dang! my biggest year, while walking everyday, was like $75
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by greenie_beans 9mo ago
creative writing, very non-technical: https://www.sammcalilly.com/
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by greenie_beans 9mo ago
positive change will never happen as long as the workers require the owner's property to help make the change, because the owners can control what happens on their property. we need a mutual aid web services (MAWS). a sharedflare. ever
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by greenie_beans 9mo ago
not ready for that yet but i look forward to that future
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by greenie_beans 9mo ago
yes and then dog dies so you go back into a depression :(
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by greenie_beans 10mo ago
> Most pop songs use I,IV,V from a scale this is the blues. just learn how to play a blues progression on the piano and you'll learn what this poster is trying to teach.
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by greenie_beans 10mo ago
from the antebellum era? try anything by eric foner, but a good place to start is forever free: the story of emancipation and reconstruction. it's accessible history that includes a bit of background about the political economy leading
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by greenie_beans 10mo ago
this is a book ad. i ain't buying it
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by greenie_beans 10mo ago
i read that and i was like hey wait a second, that's not how you do that? shouldn't you be having conversations with your team first to find common ground to help with buy in? and also learn from them about the org. starting with
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by greenie_beans 10mo ago
electric chainsaws no fun
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by greenie_beans 10mo ago
> a PHD from mississipi state is not "talent" why not
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by greenie_beans 10mo ago
he already deployed them in memphis. they are doing ICE raids in red states. they are doing them on farms, too.
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by greenie_beans 10mo ago
interesting. what about a timeframe that doesn't occur with a period of extremely low interest rates like your 2012 - 2024 time range?
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by greenie_beans 10mo ago
exactly wrong based on my argument. did NIMBYs cause the dramatic drop in building after the great financial crisis? (no)
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by greenie_beans 10mo ago
can you please explain how these graphics are supposed to support your argument? it's not clear to me and i'm trying to understand the georgist POV. nonetheless, materials and the cost of labor are the most significant costs for n
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by greenie_beans 10mo ago
also neglects the market's appetite for this risk of building in the current environment, which is the biggest problem. market gonna act like a market
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by greenie_beans 10mo ago
have worked government-adjacent for like 5 years now and don't recommend that if you care about the people or serving (which most gov't folks do). find a boring corporation where you can slack. corporations are a great home for sl
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by greenie_beans 10mo ago
he also famously quit his writing job so he could work on his writing art more
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by greenie_beans 11mo ago
as a counterpoint, you should read this essay with the same title: https://www.clunyjournal.com/p/machines-of-loving-grace
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by greenie_beans 11mo ago
it's def not the crux of the issue, never said that. it's a dynamic of the market though > When there are corporations keeping swaths of housing empty to raise rent rates the real issue is market manipulation not small particip
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by greenie_beans 11mo ago
cool. i wish okie had been diagnosed with DLE :(
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by greenie_beans 11mo ago
very valid! gotta make the decisions that are right for you, especially with money. it's a shame the system makes us do that.
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by greenie_beans 11mo ago
it's the market dynamics that create under building, not regulations. if regulations are the problem, then how were builders able to build record number housing starts leading up the GFC? and after the crash, housing starts dramaticall
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by greenie_beans 11mo ago
stock is not housing. i need housing. i don't need stock.
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by greenie_beans 11mo ago
nobody to buy at your asking price so you take the house off the market rather than match the market expectations, thereby increasing scarcity for potential buyers at a lower price who are instead forced to rent due to market dynamics
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by greenie_beans 11mo ago
this is making me excited for the month of december when i have no freelance obligations so i can spend all my time working on my projects!!

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