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Re:Facebook’s Answer to Silicon Valley Housing Crunch: Build... by ryandrake on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @11:48AM (#12166445)
The government should definitely subsidize things like housing, transportation, and food. We're talking about creating low income luxury items. A house in Menlo Park is a luxury item, much like a Ferrari or Kobe beef.
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Re:Facebook’s Answer to Silicon Valley Housing Crunch: Build... by CPLX on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @12:41PM (#12166875)
A modest apartment is not a luxury item. It is a modest apartment in a place with expensive land values. Much like a packet of Oscar Mayer ham on dry white toast served at a five star restaurant is still a packet of Oscar Mayer ham on dry white toast.
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Re:Facebook’s Answer to Silicon Valley Housing Crunch: Build... by ryandrake on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @02:07PM (#12167589)
The location in and of itself makes a house a luxury item. A cardboard box on a 20 square foot plot of land in SoMa is practically a luxury item.
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