Re:Why American cities are broke (2021) [video]
by dionidium on Thursday August 18, 2022 @09:18AM
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> They don't have to "hit the bricks" just because you'd prefer to tear it down to build a highrise.
Do you think I'm talking about eminent domain, or something? I am not. I can't build a highrise on their property unless they let me. They're going to have to voluntarily sell me the land before I can do anything with it. I'm not proposing anything except that they be allowed to do that, if they wish to. They don't have to do anything.
Re:Why American cities are broke (2021) [video]
by foobarian on Friday August 19, 2022 @09:56AM
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There is a loophole there. I can buy up a lot of land, and sublet parcels to tenants under strict covenants. This is me doing what I want with my private property. Fast forward a century and you have a bunch of large communes owned by trusts dictating zoning. I.e. towns and cities.
Those two sentences are contradictory.
If someone owns a plot of land with a single family home, they do get to control it by staying put living in the house they like. They don't have to "hit the bricks" just because you'd prefer to tear it down to build a highrise.