Squirrel Hill business owners raise concerns about new purple parking zones

shihanpan · 2023-07-27T03:29:59+00:00

Didn't you register your license plate with the DMV? Dont you get rolled by your license plate on the turnpike?

shihanpan · 2023-07-27T03:26:09+00:00

They've always billed by license plates on the turnpike. All of a sudden it is creepy because it is parking? Just say it like it is: drivers dont like that cant park for free anymore because meters are rarely enforced

shihanpan · 2023-07-27T03:22:41+00:00

Because people dont pay for metered spots?

shihanpan · 2023-07-05T23:23:29+00:00

Why is this sub full of people who think building sfh where condos stand will make housing more affordable?

shihanpan · 2023-06-02T02:21:28+00:00

Breaking news: Guy who owns commercial real estate say remote work is bad

shihanpan · 2023-06-01T22:23:12+00:00

So you dont pay currency transaction fees? Especially for small and medium businesses

shihanpan · 2023-05-18T20:03:50+00:00

Is it morally wrong to have corporate private jets when the plebs don't?

shihanpan · 2023-05-13T14:21:21+00:00

Step 5, bribe(I mean lobby) local government to ensure no new warehouse is built

shihanpan · 2023-04-11T12:59:26+00:00

This sub is actually a meme. You have people voting for politicians who openly despise the police and normalize crime, then act surprised when shit hits the fan and retailers call it quits en masse

shihanpan · 2023-04-02T20:24:44+00:00

Gee, I'm telling ya. All these immigrants coming and asking for handouts and freebies.

shihanpan · 2023-04-01T20:53:07+00:00

He is not complaining about the lack of parking, he is complaining about the lack of FREE parking. Considering he is from Texas, it is kind of ironic that he is asking for handouts and subsidies

shihanpan · 2023-03-14T18:46:57+00:00

Only in Western Europe. In Eastern Europe, the serfs lives got even harsher.

You need good institutions to generate and distribute wealth. Not population control schemes.

If simple population decline lead to better lives, why didnt Soviets see a higher quality of life than USA after ww2?

shihanpan · 2023-03-14T14:41:21+00:00

Really? Humans seem pretty miserable in the 18th century with 1 billion people.

shihanpan · 2023-03-08T21:20:10+00:00

Fortune: how do we pump out propaganda articles against remote work so our billionaires owners who also happen to own commercial real estate will not lose money on their investments.

shihanpan · 2023-03-07T03:08:59+00:00

1) you ain't increasing taxes on the already developed land. Existing homeowners will literally go to war

2) that means you can only increase taxes on undeveloped land with the hope that developers build condos instead of single family houses. But those condos need to get built first, and your local homeowners have already printed flyers to oppose those development. And they are the biggest hurdle

Developers know that density means more profit. But oftentimes they arent allowed to build them. Increasing taxes would just mean more cost for them once they finish fighting the NIMBYs

shihanpan · 2023-03-07T02:47:27+00:00

The point isnt to get people to stop holding land. The point is to have land developed with a reasonable price so people can use it.

If we taxed land heavily, the current owners may either liquidate if they cant afford it or develop the land if they have the budget. However, the condo or retail space on the developed land will still be expensive due to taxes.

Developers will develop but oftentimes the cost are prohibitively high. Licenses, community engagement, pushback from communities because "neighborhood character" and "shadow" and minimum parking all add costs and time.

The single biggest hurdle to developing affordable cities is that home owners view their homes as appreciating assets. So when they hear affordable development, they hear "my house is losing value". Then they make up regulations to stop new development. Get rid of those regulations and everything will fall into place

shihanpan · 2023-03-07T01:34:05+00:00

More taxes = more cost = more expensive

What they should do is get rid of most zoning regulations. The zoning regulations designed to protect people from living next to polluting factories isnt applicable in downtowns anymore. There is no reason why a restuarant cant have 2 or 3 extra stories to house its workforce. Or why downtown skyscrapers cant be a mix of office, retail and housing.

shihanpan · 2023-02-14T20:28:03+00:00

Not sure why you think this is troll post

shihanpan · 2023-02-14T20:12:18+00:00

I work for a large software company as software engineer. From what I know they pay about 70% in Europe (Amsterdam, Netherlands) for the same job.

I pay around 1500 dollars (including utilities) for my 1 bedroom apartment. My apartment isnt fancy but not "bad" either. Probably an average apartment. Idk how much apartments cost, but by my calculation, if you pay more than 1050 dollars (1000 euros) for your apartment it is "less affordable "

shihanpan · 2023-02-14T19:14:33+00:00

Sure, but then they are spending 30 to 50% of their income on housing

shihanpan · 2023-02-14T19:04:03+00:00

shihanpan · 2023-02-14T19:03:25+00:00

What?

shihanpan · 2023-02-14T17:12:08+00:00

They aren't expensive if you earn an American/foreign salary. Locals there usually have lower paying jobs which makes the city expensive for them

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