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The Old Tell the Young, I Got Mine

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30 May 2019, 12:01 PM
QuirtEvans
The Old Tell the Young, I Got Mine
https://slate.com/business/201...YTBU_5JWL4srOV_sjK4U
30 May 2019, 12:09 PM
jon-nyc
Prop 13 redux.


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If you think looting is bad wait until I tell you about civil forfeiture.

30 May 2019, 12:18 PM
Nina
That's been true for housing and real estate for decades. Only the generation and location changes.
30 May 2019, 12:22 PM
jon-nyc
Indeed. And maybe we should think of ourselves more as co-defendants rather than prosecutors. Few of us who live on a street with single family homes want a 5 story apartment building built nextdoor to us.


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If you think looting is bad wait until I tell you about civil forfeiture.

30 May 2019, 12:26 PM
QuirtEvans
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Originally posted by jon-nyc:
Indeed. And maybe we should think of ourselves more as co-defendants rather than prosecutors. Few of us who live on a street with single family homes want a 5 story apartment building built nextdoor to us.


It isn't just next door. The town I lived in in Massachusetts had excellent schools but sky-high property taxes, because it was more committed to higher density housing available to those with lower incomes than many surrounding towns. And those families had kids, and those kids went to the schools ...
30 May 2019, 12:50 PM
Steve Miller
What a strange article.


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Life is short. Play with your dog.

30 May 2019, 05:27 PM
Mikhailoh
That was my take Steve. They started with a skewed position then set out to prove it by demonizing the older generation. Property has always been rather dear where it is popular and in short supply.


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30 May 2019, 06:02 PM
jon-nyc
quote:
Originally posted by QuirtEvans:
quote:
Originally posted by jon-nyc:
Indeed. And maybe we should think of ourselves more as co-defendants rather than prosecutors. Few of us who live on a street with single family homes want a 5 story apartment building built nextdoor to us.


It isn't just next door. The town I lived in in Massachusetts had excellent schools but sky-high property taxes, because it was more committed to higher density housing available to those with lower incomes than many surrounding towns. And those families had kids, and those kids went to the schools ...


That’s actually true of my town as well. In a relative sense of course.


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If you think looting is bad wait until I tell you about civil forfeiture.

30 May 2019, 10:11 PM
Steve Miller
Y’all might want to consider something like Prop 13.


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Life is short. Play with your dog.