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Re:In Racine County, houses are being designated ‘blighted’ ... by kelnos on Sunday April 15, 2018 @02:21AM (#16841507)
That seems like a pretty generous offer. For comparison, that comes out to around $1150 per square foot, which is what a lot of (developed) real estate is going for in SF right now.

Still, though, I think it's disgusting to use eminent domain in order to turn land over to a private company.

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Re:In Racine County, houses are being designated ‘blighted’ ... by susjjzjz on Sunday April 15, 2018 @02:37AM (#16841556)
That can’t be right... there are 43560 sqft in an acre.
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Re:In Racine County, houses are being designated ‘blighted’ ... by 411mrc on Sunday April 15, 2018 @02:59AM (#16841611)
Right, it is a pretty fair offer, but it's not SF real estate generous. That would work out to $16 billion or so.
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Re:In Racine County, houses are being designated ‘blighted’ ... by tuukkah on Sunday April 15, 2018 @03:46AM (#16841746)
So $1.150/sqft, a simple mistake in the place of the decimal point.
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