Rent control and housing

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woke wedding drone: Jun 1, 2003; by exmarx; Fun Shoe

Best Friends posted:

Huh, every place that proponents say rent control works actually has very high average rents. Weird.

Could it be that suburban fuckholes and flyover country don't have high rents?

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woke wedding drone: Jun 1, 2003; by exmarx; Fun Shoe

icantfindaname posted:

AHA, we have the real answer. Rent control is necessary because we can't condemn people to living in Flyover Country, AKA outside the NYC or SF city limits

People don't want to condemn themselves to living there, they want to live in cities. They move there to get jobs.

# ¿ Oct 19, 2014 01:23

woke wedding drone: Jun 1, 2003; by exmarx; Fun Shoe

lurker1981 posted:

It's not exactly hard to find places with cheap rent. For example, if you wanted to live someplace with cheap housing, you could move to Detroit, where a house can literally be purchased for less than $1,000.

Of course, would you really want to live in a city where the local economy has apparently collapsed, and crime might be rampant?

Similarly, one could almost understand "white flight" in some places, like Ferguson, where the inhabitants seem to riot when the laws are enforced. Even though the Boondocks (tv show) attempts to explain this kind of behavior and make it seem funny, it probably isn't all that desirable for folks that don't want to have to deal with that kind of drama.

VVVVV - Does the evidence support your statement? Besides, generally speaking, if you don't want to get shot by a white police officer, you shouldn't physically attack him and try to steal his gun. In many parts of the USA, that is considered common sense. The "victim" was also shown robbing a store before the incident.

Oh, a live one.

# ¿ Oct 19, 2014 15:40

woke wedding drone: Jun 1, 2003; by exmarx; Fun Shoe

lurker1981 posted:

So they were upset that the law was not enforced, so they rioted and looted stores. I'm white and if my daughter assaulted a cop, and tried to steal his gun, I would not be happy, but I would not be surprised if she was shot and killed as a result.

I'm not even going to continue debating the Ferguson thing anymore, because I just don't understand the logic.

Every time we try to enforce the law by gunning down a black who'd grown too fierce and unemployable, the other blacks riot. (riot=singing in public gatherings) It's no wonder they have so much trouble paying rent. Sillies!

# ¿ Oct 19, 2014 17:00

woke wedding drone: Jun 1, 2003; by exmarx; Fun Shoe

600 years?

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