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Re:The Bay Area’s tech boom in historical and social context by zyang on Friday July 06, 2018 @04:34PM (#17474886)
But it would selectively drive out productive members of community. Adding more rules to an already broken legislation would not work in the long run.
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Re:The Bay Area’s tech boom in historical and social context by almost_usual on Friday July 06, 2018 @04:36PM (#17474894)
What are "productive members of the community"? People who seek profit, hide their wealth, and flip houses to make more money?
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Re:The Bay Area’s tech boom in historical and social context by claydavisss on Friday July 06, 2018 @04:44PM (#17474943)
Oh be serious...is this the new reasoning, homeowners are mustache-twirling villains?
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Re:The Bay Area’s tech boom in historical and social context by eli_gottlieb on Monday July 09, 2018 @10:30AM (#17490399)
Yes? I mean, as a perma-renter who's continually demonized for being a renter and suggesting the construction of more housing so I can afford to live somewhere in commuting distance from work, most of the people yacking in city meetings about how I "ruin the community" are, well, homeowners. And usually really nativist ones with a nasty undercurrent of racism, which doesn't even make any sense since I'm usually the same race as them.
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Re:The Bay Area’s tech boom in historical and social context by sanderjd on Friday July 06, 2018 @04:43PM (#17474936)
... I think they meant people who work, who make more income than retired people.
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