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Badger of Basra posted:Hahahahahaha this is so dumb oh my god Yeah, I live in Boulder now and it's absolutely infuriating. Another fun ordinance limits occupancy in ANY house to 3 (occasionally 4, depending on zoning) unrelated persons. Of course, plenty of people live in violation; a recent Slate piece profiles such a house. The residents were forced to disband when a neighbor threatened the landlord after they "came out of the closet" as a group house. The neighbor could have also called city code enforcement--this happens all the time. Significant fractions of the undergrad student, grad student, and service industry populations live under the threat of summary eviction. While I think there are cracks in the status quo, in ten years Boulder will go down the path of the most anti-growth Bay Area municipalities. Occupancy may be modified to at least be based on number of bedrooms, but the web of restrictions will prevent any real relief for housing demand. Already, student housing has been bought out and illegally subdivided by the new owners--$700/mo for a 70 square foot bedroom before the city made them remove the dividers. Now they're paying $700/mo to share a 140 square foot bedroom with someone else. Old guard political groups in town are bringing in speakers from SF talking about how housing doesn't obey supply and demand, so it will get worse before it gets better. Boulder also removed bike lanes due to political pressure last year, as if you needed another reason to hate this place.
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Badger of Basra posted:So are the people doing this crazy poo poo old hippies or professors or what? Hippies who turned to the dark side, yeah. But more fairly, anyone who owns property--60% growth in property values since 2011 buys off a lot of people who'd otherwise profess to care. There's heavy opposition to a proposed youth homeless shelter downtown. Because it's three stories tall. (Actually they just loving hate bums but feel like they can't just go out and say it).
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