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So then why would any developer build any housing?
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
So then why would any developer build any housing?
What do you think the typical profit margin on real estate development is? Do you think it is greater than or less than 50%?
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
What do you think the typical profit margin on real estate development is? Do you think it is greater than or less than 50%?
That's not what I said.
If your employer cut your pay in half, would you work harder or would you leave to find a new job?
If your employer cut your pay in half, would you work harder or would you leave to find a new job?
November 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
That's not what I said.
If your employer cut your pay in half, would you work harder or would you leave to find a new job?
If your employer cut your pay in half, would you work harder or would you leave to find a new job?
Would you work harder at your job if your employer cut your pay in half?
November 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Would you work harder at your job if your employer cut your pay in half?
If you limit the rent that can be charged to half of market rate when it would normally be market rate, that is halving the reward.
Again, why would developers then just not choose to build in other cities if building in other cities would make them more money? You cannot say because they are lazy.
Again, why would developers then just not choose to build in other cities if building in other cities would make them more money? You cannot say because they are lazy.
November 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
If you limit the rent that can be charged to half of market rate when it would normally be market rate, that is halving the reward.
Again, why would developers then just not choose to build in other cities if building in other cities would make them more money? You cannot say because they are lazy.
Again, why would developers then just not choose to build in other cities if building in other cities would make them more money? You cannot say because they are lazy.
People respond to incentives. Offering half the reward would not increase their effort. It would decrease it.
Again, why would developers then just not choose to build in other cities if building in other cities would make them more money? You cannot say because they are lazy.
Again, why would developers then just not choose to build in other cities if building in other cities would make them more money? You cannot say because they are lazy.
November 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
People respond to incentives. Offering half the reward would not increase their effort. It would decrease it.
Again, why would developers then just not choose to build in other cities if building in other cities would make them more money? You cannot say because they are lazy.
Again, why would developers then just not choose to build in other cities if building in other cities would make them more money? You cannot say because they are lazy.
How would you get developers to build your preferred type of housing?
Do you propose government subsidizing construction? If so, why have cities like Austin seen lower rent growth without doing this? Could it be that they have much more permissive zoning and don't get in the way of development?
Do you propose government subsidizing construction? If so, why have cities like Austin seen lower rent growth without doing this? Could it be that they have much more permissive zoning and don't get in the way of development?
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
How would you get developers to build your preferred type of housing?
Do you propose government subsidizing construction? If so, why have cities like Austin seen lower rent growth without doing this? Could it be that they have much more permissive zoning and don't get in the way of development?
Do you propose government subsidizing construction? If so, why have cities like Austin seen lower rent growth without doing this? Could it be that they have much more permissive zoning and don't get in the way of development?
Why is it so difficult for you to imagine that businesses want to make money and don't do things just to be nice?
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Why is it so difficult for you to imagine that businesses want to make money and don't do things just to be nice?
They could just invest in housing projects in other cities. Why would they willingly choose to invest in your city which is so hostile to them?
November 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
They could just invest in housing projects in other cities. Why would they willingly choose to invest in your city which is so hostile to them?
No housing being built would cause the poorest people to leave, not the richest. Rich people can afford high rents, the poor cannot.
Do you think the poor do not have a right to live in somewhere like New York?
Do you think the poor do not have a right to live in somewhere like New York?
November 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
No housing being built would cause the poorest people to leave, not the richest. Rich people can afford high rents, the poor cannot.
Do you think the poor do not have a right to live in somewhere like New York?
Do you think the poor do not have a right to live in somewhere like New York?
If you did that no housing would be built. Businesses exist to make money.
People would be fighting for increasingly expensive housing. More people would leave for red states that actually allow building and it would become even easier for the fascists to win the Electoral College.
People would be fighting for increasingly expensive housing. More people would leave for red states that actually allow building and it would become even easier for the fascists to win the Electoral College.
November 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
If you did that no housing would be built. Businesses exist to make money.
People would be fighting for increasingly expensive housing. More people would leave for red states that actually allow building and it would become even easier for the fascists to win the Electoral College.
People would be fighting for increasingly expensive housing. More people would leave for red states that actually allow building and it would become even easier for the fascists to win the Electoral College.
Clearly the landlords in New York are not very good at minimizing voter power if the city just voted for Zohran...
Who by the way, also supports constructing additional housing.
Who by the way, also supports constructing additional housing.
November 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Clearly the landlords in New York are not very good at minimizing voter power if the city just voted for Zohran...
Who by the way, also supports constructing additional housing.
Who by the way, also supports constructing additional housing.
So why are they not doing this in areas that do not have a lot of housing construction? Why don't they collude to keep the rent lower in New York?
November 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
So why are they not doing this in areas that do not have a lot of housing construction? Why don't they collude to keep the rent lower in New York?
You think landlords are purposely making less money because they are scared of being forced to make less money, but that they are only doing this in cities where there is a lot of housing construction? In what world does that make any sense?
November 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
You think landlords are purposely making less money because they are scared of being forced to make less money, but that they are only doing this in cities where there is a lot of housing construction? In what world does that make any sense?
gop = gang of pedos
November 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
gop = gang of pedos
So the landlords in Minneapolis and Austin decided to lower the rent out of the goodness of their own hearts?
November 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
So the landlords in Minneapolis and Austin decided to lower the rent out of the goodness of their own hearts?
Good. It's time for fresh faces in Congress. No more geriatrics please.
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Good. It's time for fresh faces in Congress. No more geriatrics please.
no because they are closed
November 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
no because they are closed
fivey my beloved
October 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
fivey my beloved
most empty houses are in rural areas
sure there are empty houses in bumfuck nowhere west virginia, but good luck getting people to move there
sure there are empty houses in bumfuck nowhere west virginia, but good luck getting people to move there
October 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
most empty houses are in rural areas
sure there are empty houses in bumfuck nowhere west virginia, but good luck getting people to move there
sure there are empty houses in bumfuck nowhere west virginia, but good luck getting people to move there
not in places where people want to live
October 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
not in places where people want to live
Vegetables are WOKE and REAL "patriots" only eat "hamberders"
August 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Vegetables are WOKE and REAL "patriots" only eat "hamberders"
dont worry, it's not a ton of money because this is all cheap temu crap
August 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
dont worry, it's not a ton of money because this is all cheap temu crap