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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] 91 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I said it once, I'll say it again:

Residentjal property shouldn't be allowed to be an investment. Or heavily taxed to make it unprofitable unless you live there yourself.

"Flow will operate multi-family residential properties that aim to foster a feeling of ownership and community"

How cynical...

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago (3 children)

No single word in the English vocabulary grates against me more than when I hear owners of residential property refer to it as "units".

It's so dehumanizing. Rather, it's monetizing humanity.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Indeed. This euphemism triggers easily.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can't spell humanity without unit after all.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You might want to inspect those words again

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Reminds me of "human resources". My experiences with HR have also been largely negative. They're there to protect and make sure the humans are a resource to the company, not for the humans and humanity.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Selling the “feeling of ownership” to the have-nots. Wow.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Aye. This one hits nicely. Even though it wasn't the topic at all.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

aim to foster a feeling of ownership and community

Sounds like EA got into property management

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Every room a dlc. They'll never repair the broken shit. Prices go uo regularly. On your windows are ads. And they'll ring your doorbell every hour to ask money or cookies. Sounds about right 😁

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree with the spirit of your comment, and I would only add that the practical implementation may need to allow for some leniency.

For instance, you shouldn't be forced to sell and buy elsewhere if your life circumstances change temporarily. The law in general could allow for renting somewhere and renting out elsewhere. But I would be onboard with the overall intent of such regulation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah sure. My statement is an oversimplified summary. You're totally tight.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're totally tight.

I should do more stretching.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Fuck.. Lol sorry... RIGHT not tight. Omg... I shouldn't type on the phone 😔

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

We have like 10 empty houses for every person experiencing homelessness. How many more do we need to build?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

With "we" you surely mean the USA.

Where I live, we don't. Way too few homes. Especially for the financially challenged. The state fails hard to build as much as he promised to do. So with rising scarcity, prices go brrrrrrrrrrr.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's plenty of room even in places like Venezia (source: I was living there). Problem is they are mostly empty because the rich oligarchs bought as an investment and keeps them there empty. This is also compounded by the scourge that is Airbnb that is pricing out everyone.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Crap yeah, I can totally imagine in Venezia. At least we have laws here against empty residential buildings bought as an investment. It's a start hm?

Oh yes airbnb in cities like that are surely like cancer. Why rent to one person for 500 when i can rent it to 10 for 200 each.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I would like to ask this question: How many live-able houses are there?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And 9 of those 10 are in the middle of Nowhere, Flyover.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Oh neat, just like my house! Maybe I’ll get a neighbor and then there will be 2 people in the US who don’t live on the coast!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

who is going to build them