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Re:San Francisco Denies Scooter Permits for Bird, Lime, Uber... by Alex3917 on Thursday August 30, 2018 @11:56PM (#17882842)
> The equitable solution would be to compensate surrounding owners for their property losing value

They already get compensated in the form of lower taxes. Just like how if the neighbors build something that increases their property value, they need to pay more in taxes.

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Re:San Francisco Denies Scooter Permits for Bird, Lime, Uber... by toomuchtodo on Friday August 31, 2018 @12:06AM (#17882879)
You’re free to make that argument to property owners and see if it sticks. If I was a gambling man, I doubt you’d get any traction. And if you attempt to use legislation, you’re going to get shot right down, because property owners have more to lose than transient renters.

Big fan of FWD:Everyone by the way, great product.

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Re:San Francisco Denies Scooter Permits for Bird, Lime, Uber... by Alex3917 on Friday August 31, 2018 @03:42PM (#17888190)
Fair enough.

And thanks! I've been writing regex ten hours a day for the last six weeks to fix thread parsing issues in weird corner cases, we'll have some improvements to the site that will be more visible in the next couple months though.

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