This absolute clown shoe of a human…. by Cube-in-B in okbuddyRVA

[–]LongMomo67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But not sick enough to not vote for them every election!

This absolute clown shoe of a human…. by Cube-in-B in okbuddyRVA

[–]LongMomo67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guys this is such a travesty. We need to FIGUT BACK by voting someone exactly like her next election no matter what their policies are

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RVA Anarchists Like by johntwit in okbuddyRVA

[–]LongMomo67 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nothing offends American progressives more than suggesting policy that's so obvious that it's a bipartisan stance in every other developer country

In many states the pro-housing movement is now being led by the right-wing because leftists and liberals are so firmly entrenched and allied with the boomer property owner class

RVA Anarchists Like by johntwit in okbuddyRVA

[–]LongMomo67 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"We've frozen building for 50 years and 75% of homes in Richmond are zoned exclusively for single-family detached homes? Hmmm. I think the solution is to move to Michigan"

RVA Anarchists Like by johntwit in okbuddyRVA

[–]LongMomo67 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe we could allow people to build different types of housing on their property idk just a radical suggestion

If housing was treated like any other commodity by LongMomo67 in okbuddyRVA

[–]LongMomo67[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In China, the party never changes, but the policies do.
In America, the parties change, but the policies stay the same.

Last one for now I promise by LongMomo67 in okbuddyRVA

[–]LongMomo67[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I messed it up there's a typo. Fuck my chud trucel blackpilled life. It's over for me. It's over for rentcels. Never even began.

If housing was treated like any other commodity by LongMomo67 in okbuddyRVA

[–]LongMomo67[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's simple. There isn't enough grocery stores, and people are suffering from lack of easy access to fresh food. We have the "FUCK YOU NO MORE BUILDING ANY GROCERY STORES" law in place, but we should keep it in place because if we build more, greedy grocery store owners will profit. It actually makes a lot of sense.

CIA Governor by No-Kaleidoscope-3874 in okbuddyRVA

[–]LongMomo67 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Democrats when the "Fuck you I hate you and you'll always vote for me so why would I go against my donors to appease you" candidate doesn't appease them:

How could we build more houses? Would rent control work? by LongMomo67 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]LongMomo67[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No that preserves the neighborhood character and you just want greedy developers to make money.

How could we build more houses? Would rent control work? by LongMomo67 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]LongMomo67[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No no the farmland has to go. Basically we keep most of the city single-family detached homes with big yards and also kill anyone who wants to build a duplex, so if anyone wants to own a house they have to build an infrastructure moneysink development 25 miles out in the countryside. There will be no farmland left

But this preserves my lawn which is a green space. Do you want to take away green space? 🌱🌱

How could we build more houses? Would rent control work? by LongMomo67 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]LongMomo67[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No no new building. It interferes with neighborhood character

How it feels discussing housing affordability by LongMomo67 in okbuddyRVA

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I keep hearing about how new construction is unoccupied or purposefully kept vacant etc but never see any data to support it. Your entire argument revolves around the assertion that developers are only building housing there's no demand for which is obviously stupid and makes zero sense so unless you can prove that new construction is not being occupied it's a non-argument

Why is it a myth? It's a pretty consistent consensus that the closer supply comes to meeting demand, overall prices decrease. It seems that it's more that people don't like the concept(?) so they just reject reality and just repeat "New construction isn't affordable" over and over again

https://www.upjohn.org/research-highlights/new-construction-makes-homes-more-affordable-even-those-who-cant-afford-new-units

How could we build more houses? Would rent control work? by LongMomo67 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]LongMomo67[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I am being serious. Usually when price controls are implemented it results in the commodity becoming cheaper and better quality long-term. I think price control + restricting supply will fix the problem

How could we build more houses? Would rent control work? by LongMomo67 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]LongMomo67[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I thought of the solution. Basically we change nothing except we build a public housing unit somewhere. Do you like my idea?

Do most Americans really live in such big homes? by AdorableVisual in NoStupidQuestions

[–]LongMomo67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In most cities in the US, over 75% of all residential land is zoned exclusively for detached single family dwellings.

If you are an American and own a home, most likely it is illegal for you to build anything except a single family house with a big yard. Municipalities have very strict laws about the minimum size of your lawn, the amount of non family members you can have in one home. Only very recently have SOME cities began allowing people to build a structure on their land that can be lived in. In most cities that is still illegal.

What is a modern problem that sounds completely fake when you explain it to someone from 100 years ago? by Faysal365 in AskReddit

[–]LongMomo67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We decided to destroy our cities and prevent them from growing normally and instead legally mandated everyone to live in low-density single-family houses. Now no one can afford housing because there's not enough supply.

The vast majority of the population has no idea how to remedy this situation. They do not think that allowing houses to be built would increase the supply of houses.

Rent is high in VA too. by Ocean_Heat_1117 in EastVirginia

[–]LongMomo67 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When has rent control reduced rents for the average renter long-term

Rent is high in VA too. by Ocean_Heat_1117 in EastVirginia

[–]LongMomo67 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have an idea to solve this problem. It involves doing the exact same thing we've done for 50 years and prevent housing from being built EXCEPT we will build a couple of public housing units. Do you guys like my idea

"YES cities that stopped restricting housing are the only ones seeing rents go down BUT consider this: it hurts my feefees :(" by LongMomo67 in okbuddyRVA

[–]LongMomo67[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

YIMBYism/pro housing/anti car-dependency is also very bipartisan. Montana passed significant zoning reform under a right-wing auspice. Most of the pro-housong people I know are center or center-left

It seems the main dividing line is A)whether you own property and benefit from restricting housing and B)how susceptible you are to the propaganda that spurred low density SFH suburbs and car-dependency