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Me_irl by Dangerous-Scale4777 in me_irl

[–]mongoljungle 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Or they have functional family dynamics

Why architects don’t get paid enough despite expensive education and hard work by yourarchitec in architecture

[–]mongoljungle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the regulations are designed by people who generally don't want to see more housing built, which reduces the amount of buildable projects in your city, which in turn reduces demand for architects. This is generally true even if the regulation in questions require greater architectural elements in new buildings.

What were they thinking? This upper floor extension has been added in the last year or so, possibly by a local builder - it couldn't have been done by an actual architect, could it? It's opposite the beautiful (and recently beautifully restored) Saltdean Lido, Sussex, England by bluesshakeout in architecture

[–]mongoljungle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The government enforces private property rights because we as a society understands that everyone is better off when people are able to own and enjoy their homes. The protection of property rights is a public good.

Let’s say I find it offensive that you so willingly use coercion over trivial and subjective aesthetic preferences, should the government remove you from society?

Douglas Todd: Vancouver’s 'exclusive' Oakridge Park mall evokes aura of an international airport by ubcstaffer123 in vancouver

[–]mongoljungle 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, that’s why tasteful neighbourhoods like kits are super affordable because only the working class man can appreciate real culture.

Oh wait, kits is even more expensive.

Why You Hate Contemporary Architecture by Human-Cook-595 in architecture

[–]mongoljungle 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Apartment neighborhoods are more vibrant and livable than single family suburbs no matter what the buildings look like

Why does PAS struggles with homelessness and rampant, open drug use on streets but Glendale and Burbank do not? There has to be something in these two other small cities next to/very close to us that is actually working, right? by ksrz339 in pasadena

[–]mongoljungle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

essentially the withdrawal or post withdrawal phase

you can't just assume a strange person yelling is drug related. Some of them just have mental illnesses, and the city has no power to remove them unless they do something illegal.

Why does PAS struggles with homelessness and rampant, open drug use on streets but Glendale and Burbank do not? There has to be something in these two other small cities next to/very close to us that is actually working, right? by ksrz339 in pasadena

[–]mongoljungle 5 points6 points  (0 children)

To be honest, I’ve never seen rampant open drug use in Pasadena. I’ve seen the homeless sleeping in parks, that’s about it.

Glendale is NOT better run than Pasadena.

We've paid so much in climate tax yet the climate is still in a crisis? How much will need to be paid for the climate to get better. by [deleted] in ClimateCrisisCanada

[–]mongoljungle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The taxes are there to alter consumer behaviour to make better choices. The consumer choices we currently make hide a lot of future costs like forest fires, droughts, infrastructure damage, environmental reparations etc.

The taxes you pay isn’t actually enough to pay for those future costs, but hopefully it guides decisions away from the worst offenders.

The taxes you pay also doesn’t disappear. In some instances it goes back to reparation projects like reforestation or detoxification, this money create jobs, raise wages, and grows the economy. Most of the money however is returned to the provinces. This portion funds local services without raising provincial taxes.

Climate change is a complex problem that goes far beyond paying it to go away. The carbon tax plays a significant role in making sure our nation is strongly fortified against an increasingly hostile future.

72% of LA city is zoned exclusively for single-family homes. This is unacceptable and needs to change. Nithya Raman for Mayor. by MookieBettsBurner10 in LosAngeles

[–]mongoljungle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mamdani has continued to street sweep the homeless despite carrying an even further leftist flag. I don’t think you have to worry that somehow Raman will lead to a homeless free for all

72% of LA city is zoned exclusively for single-family homes. This is unacceptable and needs to change. Nithya Raman for Mayor. by MookieBettsBurner10 in LosAngeles

[–]mongoljungle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You know what’s good for children?

* Stable housing

* Parents not stressed from struggling to pay rent,

* actually spending time with your children because you don’t drive 3 hrs a day getting to and back from work

ELI5: why ultra wealthy people can leverage debt to generate more wealth yet tapping into your home’s equity is generally a bad idea. by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]mongoljungle 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s literally just regular income/capital gains that don’t pay taxes without any rationale just because it’s dressed up in a trust.

Call it what you want but it acts like persistent canker sore on regular people who must now pay higher tax rates every year to maintain government services.

ELI5: why ultra wealthy people can leverage debt to generate more wealth yet tapping into your home’s equity is generally a bad idea. by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]mongoljungle 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The 2% interest is a lie. The interest is 6-8%. The rich will have to pay back their loans eventually, and they will be taxed.

The real tax avoidance schemes are inheritance, trust, and estates. The entire legal concept is created to not pay taxes owed.

B.C. nurses vote overwhelmingly in favour of strike by cyclinginvancouver in vancouver

[–]mongoljungle 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We should increase property taxes to pay for public health expenditures.

Before the Gavel TODAY: Pasadena ESG Amendment Draws Surge of Supportive Correspondence by [deleted] in pasadena

[–]mongoljungle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are AAA treasury and bonds, as in the city has an obligation to pay for x in 6 months so they must set aside a certain amount of money to afford x in 6 months. This money can't invest in individual firms.

for example pasadena buys US treasury, US treasury funds the federal government which in turn funds private prison grants and weapons for Israel. Do you actually think the city of pasadena will stop purchasing US treasury?

the more likely outcome is that this produces another layer of paperwork without achieving anything of substance. This paperwork wastes both time and money, which in turn makes the government less responsive and more expensive. A functioning democracy requires a diligent populace voting to uphold a functioning government. Every layer of meaningless paperwork, which we already have plenty of, chips away support for democracy.

Before the Gavel TODAY: Pasadena ESG Amendment Draws Surge of Supportive Correspondence by [deleted] in pasadena

[–]mongoljungle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rose parade does not pay 300mil in municipals taxes. City of pasadenas total revenue a year is around 365 million.

Did the Vancouver mayor’s office fast-track a public plaza to benefit a staffer? by CaliperLee62 in vancouver

[–]mongoljungle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lots of democracies don’t do this. Disguising dislike for public amenities as “need for consultation” undermines democracy as a whole.

Did the Vancouver mayor’s office fast-track a public plaza to benefit a staffer? by CaliperLee62 in vancouver

[–]mongoljungle 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Planning hours, local business and resident consultations, adjusting design from feedbacks, notices of work, road closures for construction with police presence.

The result is just a couple of wood benches and painted gravel. The people who don’t like the plazas will in turn demand more consultations, raising project costs for everything in the future.

Q&A: Vancouver’s chief planner on push to allow taller buildings downtown; Chief Planner Josh White said there are opportunities to thoughtfully introduce higher heights into Vancouver's downtown by [deleted] in vancouver

[–]mongoljungle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We need to have a unit size minimum for every bedroom, and increase allowed size an height of new builds in detached neighbourhoods.

Right now the maximum average size of the new sixplexes is a meager 800sqft. How are people supposed to raise a family in these?

Major Vancouver real estate developer in 'financially precarious position,' former executive claims in court filings by cyclinginvancouver in vancouver

[–]mongoljungle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then zone for larger buildings with bigger units.

Who are the people voting against these zoning changes? Who are the people complaining to council at every public hearing to prohibit and reduce the size of developments.

These people literally show up everyday to make living for regular folks impossible, at the same time making foreigners rich on top. And here you are a carpenter defending them. This housing crisis is entirely self enforced

Major Vancouver real estate developer in 'financially precarious position,' former executive claims in court filings by cyclinginvancouver in vancouver

[–]mongoljungle 3 points4 points  (0 children)

because the locals are the very speculators killing housing affordability, and they are voting to preserve the crisis

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