aodntkem

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   by aodntkem 3y ago

   > This makes me super nervous. This means private citizens will compete with government bids This is why culturally and politically the west is on the path that it is. In a real democracy the counterbalance to $power is one person, one v
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   by aodntkem 3y ago

   I’m probably biased against the idea and so I’ve not given it much thought. I owned a place and lived in an expensive part of London and over 10-15 years, through normal gentrification, I saw the centre of the city become far less fun as co
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   by aodntkem 3y ago

   I can only speak for the UK market where land with permission to build upon is scarce. Land in desirable areas is always scarce and I would imagine that includes many US cities. In the U.K. there are only a few housebuilders that operate
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   by aodntkem 3y ago

   this sounds alright in textbooks, but in reality housebuilders realise they make more money when house prices rise as they build..