How Seattle Killed Micro-Housing

Re:How Seattle Killed Micro-Housing by beachstartup on Friday September 09, 2016 @05:12AM (#12460581)

> And I question that only young people will want these units. I'm in my 50s and would love to have a tiny affordable place in the city, even if I only used it on weekends and airbnb'd it the rest of the time.

lol so you want a second home in a desirable location, but not too big or expensive, or require too much maintenance, that you use only when it's convenient for you, and that someone else pays for? this is a fantastic idea. i'll take 2.

this is why the housing system is so screwed up in cities. everyone is scheming of ways to make money on their home, or have someone else pay for it, before they've bought it, lived in it, before it even exists!

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Re:How Seattle Killed Micro-Housing by stretchwithme on Friday September 09, 2016 @09:07PM (#12467142)

Yeah it has nothing to do with supply, demand, subsidies for mortgages or of the other interventions into the marketplace.

Its people seeking their self interest, as all people tend to do, that are to blame.

If only they would all just stop doing it it so I could pursue my own self interest unimpeded.

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