Could High-Speed Rail Ease California’s Housing Crisis? See Japan

Re:Could High-Speed Rail Ease California’s Housing Crisis? S... by sl1ck731 on Friday January 25, 2019 @05:13PM (#19003067)

Why would anyone build family housing or buy it there then?

Renting sure. But purchasing house means a lot more than "this is my square". Amenities, schools, the community are all directly tied to what your house is worth and it is an investment.

If I'm putting down a million dollars on a house and you decide my local gov. elected representatives are going to be superseded on local governance I'm not going to be very happy.

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Re:Could High-Speed Rail Ease California’s Housing Crisis? S... by fipple on Friday January 25, 2019 @06:31PM (#19003627)

Lol. Your vaunted local representatives are superseded on everything from their airspace (FAA) to their property tax rate (California Prop 13). This isn’t some unprecedented infringement of local control.

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Re:Could High-Speed Rail Ease California’s Housing Crisis? S... by sl1ck731 on Friday January 25, 2019 @06:48PM (#19003707)

Lol there is a precedent for the regulations in place that you are after to be handled locally. Lets just take all the things and federalize it until I get my way.

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Re:Could High-Speed Rail Ease California’s Housing Crisis? S... by lamarpye on Friday January 25, 2019 @06:58PM (#19003764)

Perhaps you could clarify about what "take power away from those who own housing means". Does it mean, own a house, lose the right to vote?

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