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A comment on Housing Can’t Be Both Affordable and a Good Investment (2018). Parent comment

Re:Housing Can’t Be Both Affordable and a Good Investment (2... by xvedejas on Thursday May 02, 2019 @02:19AM (#19805225)
I have seen it argued in gentrifying neighborhoods that we should reject all projects which make those neighborhoods nicer to live in, to discourage new residents. This is a pretty direct way of reducing demand: making your neighborhood shittier.
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Re:Housing Can’t Be Both Affordable and a Good Investment (2... by ahartmetz on Thursday May 02, 2019 @08:47AM (#19807256)
Behold the devaluation kit (German): wife beaters, satellite dishes, discount supermarket plastic bags, ... https://www.esregnetkaviar.de/relaunch/abwertungskit.html
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Re:Housing Can’t Be Both Affordable and a Good Investment (2... by jjgreen on Thursday May 02, 2019 @07:18AM (#19806670)
Invite me to live there, I'll bring down the the tone.
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