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Re:US Construction worker productivity has dropped 40% in th... by eropple on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @02:22PM (#34508726)
Your argument collapses to "forget improvement, let me externalize", and we as a society have strong reasons to provide a glide path towards reducing those externalities for old construction (which we do through updates during renovations, rebates, etc.) while disallowing them for new.
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Re:US Construction worker productivity has dropped 40% in th... by notch656c on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @03:14PM (#34509580)
The argument of existing homeowners is "forget improving my own house, let me externalize costs to others to raise my own property values."

We as a society have strong reasons to provide a glide path towards reducing that moral hazard created by old entrants.

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