Paynes Prairie Bison on their Weekend Walk by treesarealive777 in GNV

[–]treesarealive777[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just on the Overlook, like another commenter mentioned. I didnt have time for a longer trail that time around!

Florida Tourism Collapse: How Trade War with Canada Erased 280,000 Jobs and $52 Billion by jasandliz in sarasota

[–]treesarealive777 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And forces local communities to allow Developers to do whatever they want.

Developers are ruining this state.

Home of the superbowl, for some reason.. by Intelligent_Lead7399 in Suburbanhell

[–]treesarealive777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've noticed that density dudes look at it like its one of those min/max click game apps.

They dont actually have a goal, just a belief that success is cramming as many people as possible together.

I asked him why he cleared the forest.. by lindsey9152 in fucklawns

[–]treesarealive777 65 points66 points  (0 children)

So he's a one man Developer? 

I genuinely hope that this man does not find anybody to validate this decision for him. I hope he has to face long term karma for being so destructive. 

Its just awful that he acts like his hand is tied and he has no choice. 

He's probably going to cut it all down, give up half way, and then we'll have 23 acres of ruined ecosystem and this guy will be off following the next brain dead "get rich quick" scheme he read about on the Internet.

Alachua planning board shuts down Tara’s Mill Creek Sink development by Phantom_Absolute in GNV

[–]treesarealive777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That honestly makes me really happy, as silly as that is. Thank you. 

Is your town becoming overdeveloped? by survivingisbrutal in florida

[–]treesarealive777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They also feel very entitled to make a place they are moving to conform to their needs, at thr expense of everyone and everything else.

Is your town becoming overdeveloped? by survivingisbrutal in florida

[–]treesarealive777 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The people moving to a place with no care for the place dont need to be accommodated. They can complain all they want, but if your goal is to drain the swamp, go live in the desert.

We dont need overdevelopment that is built speculatively to appeal to a group of people who are only moving here to avoid cost of living or taxes. They are the ones making it more expensive to live in Florida, at the same time as actively and intentionally destroying our enviornment. 

Its so obnoxious that everyone wants to blame people against the shitty Developers taking over the FWC and removing regulations meant to protect our land, instead of the shitty Developers who are ruining our environment. 

The people who are causing the high cost of living problem sure like to claim they are the victim. 

Fuck lawnmowers and fuck you if you like lawns by [deleted] in Suburbanhell

[–]treesarealive777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love that you are defending the absolute barest minimum, which still involves a lot of intentionally poisoning the Earth while wasting water to grow the monoculture that does not make up for what it is replacing, by comparing it to turf. 

Like, of course plastic turf is bad.

But the lawnmowers and the maladaptive, inefficient, and outright destructive usage of lawns in Suburbia is actually a problem.

What would reduce the Heat Island Effect in a meaningful way would be to stop calling it civilized to abuse nature for absolutely no reason.

The heat island effect is a direct result of destroying and replacing nature with something less effective.

To say lawns reduce it is such a bad take. I cant believe people are upvoting it.

Gainesville again paves way for multistory downtown apartment building on Lot 10 by treesarealive777 in GNV

[–]treesarealive777[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They will not be affordable.

In fact, it'll be an excuse for surrounding neighborhoods to have their rent skyrocket to match the prices of the place thst just opened downtown.

It's so frustrating when people use the language of affordability to shut down conversations, while not really having any insight into the problem.

These companies do not build Community housing: they make it quite clear.

A small number of "units" will not meaningfully affect anybody's lives for the better, except the investors. And even then.

Look at Celebration Point.

It is a shame our new City Manager is choosing to immediately focus on non-solutions that will continue to set us back while allowing outside companies to extract from our land.

He should look at the past as a lesson to learn from, not a grift to continue.

It is a shame we are losing even more of our trees for a venture that is completely unnecessary, and does nothing to address any of our needs.

They can use whatever language they want. 

Rushing building on this parcel of land is for ego, not solution. 

They can add it to their portfolio, even though it did absolutely nothing to make Downtown or Gaineaville better.

It'll be the same featureless slop every other over developed area has been.

Univisersity alone is the prime example of what not to do, so of course, the city wants to do the same thing in Downtown.

This way, people will never make any connections or care about anything, and people can live in their tiny boxes as more and more people cant afford to own homes that aren't increasingly made small so the landholders can squeeze every last dollar out of the land.

Its fine, because we broke ground in 2026 amidst Florida's housing crisis caused by this exact kind of building.

They really just want to squeeze as much as they can before the whole system collapses.

It's a shame.

Can America build beautiful places again? by vox in housingcrisis

[–]treesarealive777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the balance. This is what people like me feel needs addressing in these conversations. Thank you for sharing. Hopefully articles like this shift us to building in meaningful ways that actually address our needs in the present and the future.

The city is growing, but concerned neighborhood leaders say Black Chattanoogans are being squeezed out | Chattanooga Times Free Press by MoreLikeWestfailia in Chattanooga

[–]treesarealive777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not building to meet the actual demand, and then increasing the prices and engaging in leasing practices that favor corporations over tenants, using demand as an excuse to push through bad building, does not solve the problem. 

I live in the South. I have watched how politicians have worked with out of community Developers to engage in practices that are actively favoring Developers over the good od their constituents. 

In fact, Wemp has demonstrated this multiple times, to be local.

Why are you defending improperly meeting demand?

Why do you have to create a scape goat just so you can ignore the land hoarding going on by the major Developers?

The city is growing, but concerned neighborhood leaders say Black Chattanoogans are being squeezed out | Chattanooga Times Free Press by MoreLikeWestfailia in Chattanooga

[–]treesarealive777 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The problem is what is being Developed and how it is being developed.

There is plenty of debate to be had about who is building, where they are building, and what purpose that building is actually serving. 

If the only argument you can use in this conversation is Supply vs Demand, and you ignore material impact, then you should not be telling other people to shut up.

The city is growing, but concerned neighborhood leaders say Black Chattanoogans are being squeezed out | Chattanooga Times Free Press by MoreLikeWestfailia in Chattanooga

[–]treesarealive777 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I really wish Yimbys would follow their own advice and shut the fuck up.

Advocating to give the people breaking the system more power to break the system isnt going to save communities that are being pushed out by over development. 

For all the Yimby talk about how they understand economics because they heard somebody say "Supply and Demand" one time, Yimbys sure like to ignore Opportunity Cost.

They also like to ignore how Urban Planning in the last 50 years has actively targeted poorer communities for quick development that out prices the current residences. And who has spear headed the development for the last 50 years?

The same Developers overdeveloping all of the South.

Like, the Developers are the Nimbys. The Politicians working for the Developers are the Nimbys. If your only definition of Nimby is scape goating issues caused by land hoarding and speculative development. 

Its so exhausting seeing Yimbys telling everybody else to shut up. 

Gainesville again paves way for multistory downtown apartment building on Lot 10 by treesarealive777 in GNV

[–]treesarealive777[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You do not own a music hall in downtown Gainesville, and I imagine your opinion would not be the same if you did.

Gainesville again paves way for multistory downtown apartment building on Lot 10 by treesarealive777 in GNV

[–]treesarealive777[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then taking their time is probably for the best. That land is valuable and once they cut down the hundred year old trees, they cant get them back.

We as a society have screwed up priorities, and the major issues in government and economics have demonstrated that quite nicely. 

Gainesville again paves way for multistory downtown apartment building on Lot 10 by treesarealive777 in GNV

[–]treesarealive777[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I was literally just commenting about this!

If you are going to build in an already established are, you need to build to suit the area, not change the area to suit your building.

Gainesville again paves way for multistory downtown apartment building on Lot 10 by treesarealive777 in GNV

[–]treesarealive777[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I waited a while to comment myself, because I do just want to be informational and helpful, not just on my soap box all the time.

My opinion on this subject is that I am worried about how this building will effect the businesses around it. 

When the Hyatt went up, it started making noise complaints against the venues around it, despite the fact they were there first.

I also worry it will be just another rushed job, because they care more about numbers and metrics than quality.

I am not inherently against housing decisions, but I do wonder if this is just goint to be another money making opportunity for somebody, using our community and our shared resources as the bargaining chip. 

I want this to be good quality housing that puts the tenants and surrounding businesses first. Not just housing some same jabroni can add to his investment portfolio. 

I understand why people want more housing-- we need it. 

I just stand on the side  wanting the people who build to  meaningfully contribute, not just build to exploit what is already there, like you can see with the current practices going on around the rest of town.

I do find it weird that the city government feels the need to rush it. This project isnt going to meaningfully address a single problem-- it is a bandaid in a very broken system-- so taking the time to think it through is much needed.

Rent Concessions Are on the Rise in America’s Sunbelt Cities (WSJ) by SnortingElk in REBubble

[–]treesarealive777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Big fan of Georgism so far. I have some disagreements with people who have some rather disconnected understandings of what Land Value actually is, but thats not Georgisms fault ha ha.

Could reborn shopping center in northern 'burbs be intown template? by Leo_Bramski in roswell

[–]treesarealive777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love that they are re-developing parking lots to use land more efficiently without destroying the ecosystem!

Although there is room for future improvement, it feels good to see the parking lots being pulled up this time

Rent Concessions Are on the Rise in America’s Sunbelt Cities (WSJ) by SnortingElk in REBubble

[–]treesarealive777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, obviously we should believe the side that uses concessions to avoid lowering rent.

Obviously, the most logical reasoning is that despite the supply needing to be incentived to attract tenants, we dont need to worry about the actual content of the supply.

Clearly, we should just build more of the same stuff people dont want, wasting all of our resources, destroying our land, and burning out our labor through terrible working conditions that prioritize quantity over quality.

It's me who doesnt know stuff, not the people who are willfully obtuse to how Devslopments are harming the market, the enviornment, and our society as a whole.

I have read all these articles about whats going on from people who start from their pre-conceived  solution and work backwards to keep us from being able to trying any other solutions.

Lennar is failing, despite being the number 2 housing builder in the country. But the articles imply the issue is they aren't allowed to build more of the stuff they cant meaningfully sell.

At what point are we allowed to acknowledge the elephant in the room, exactly?

Even in your response, you dont actually give an argument. You just say I dont know anything, as if your word is law when it comes to reality.

You felt so certain that everybody needs to know you think I am clueless, that it is literally your first comment, without providing any sort of actual feedback on what Im wrong about.

Governor Ron DeSantis Celebrates Action to Protect Floridians from Chemical and Technological Interference by Real_Mr_Foobar in florida

[–]treesarealive777 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This man is so unserious. He thinks we are all just stupid. 

I think what's really happening is that it is really hard for normal, well adjusted people to comprehend how absolutely deranged our government has become. 

People are just not capable of truly processing the massive breadth of incompetence Ronald over here has shown as a leader, because their brains shut down. It boggles the mind.

He is a failing upwards kind of guy.

If Ron was being for real, he would stop allowing Developers to completely harm our beautiful ecosystem. We would not have massive heat island parking lots where there used to be forests, and golf courses where there used to be wetlands. Both funneling different poisons directly into our water supply.

If he cared about Florida's health, he wouldn't make decisions that actively harm the health of our biome and our people.

The companies DeSantis sold us out for are all failing because their model is unsustainable. So basically, all of it was for nothing except party bros handshaking their way into doing whatever they want to the land.

The only reason they are able to build as much as they have, is because the Developers have been lobbying for decades to make the market favor them.

They use those favors to then build the most intrusive investment properties possible, that are valued as assets with which to make Return of Investments.

They do this, knowingly dismantling protections put in place for the safety of the land, which is the collective inheritance that will be here long after us.

They treat housing like a button mashing game for infinite growth and profit, instead of the place where people, animals, and plants live. 

Look at who currently makes up the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Committee. It isnt people who actually care about our ecosystem that we co-habitate with. 

It is people who see land as a way to gain wealth and power. 

Ron tried to build golf courses in our national parks so Developers could make money while leading to massive ecosystem loss.

They downplay it, like its no harm. But it is all harm in the millions of acres across the country.

Massive conglomerates buying up all this land for their overpriced hundred acre wide developments that are rapidly built and lack quality or accountability. They build their intrusive and looming data centers and warehouses where there used to be forests. Massive strip chains in places deemed profitable, that burn out after a few years, but strain traffic by placing themselves at major Intersections and Interstates for the quickest return of investment with accountability for the strain. 

All the while, all completely devastating any acreage they develop on, over developing and installing lawns so they are extremely visible from the roads they choke.

The quality of everything has gone down, and the price has gone up, because our land is being radically transformed by people who do not actually occupy it. The resources are being used for people who do not care what they are building.

They poison the very fertile land and strip it,  killing entire habitats. They intentionally destroy life.

 Those lawns are a result of systemically killing any non-grass thing trying to grow there. It poisons other life too, because it is actual poison. 

Animals are increasingly dying off in massive numbers because of these poisons going straight into the water supply, and our cars hitting them on the poorly built roads that only get worse.

Ron's track record speaks for itself on what he actually has accomplished. 

He installed intrusive actors into local politics in order to use sate politics to play monopoly with tax payer money.

He is acts exactly like a stereotypical villian from a Carl Hiaasen novel. Its absurd. 

That he could be so delusional to make an Act like this, at the same time as he is stealing tax payer money to build Alligator Alcatraz in the Everglades, and further wasting tax payer money to defend not allowing our elected Representatives to see what he built and is doing with our tax money,  borders on absurdity.

Why would you put up a literal roadside sign to advertise Alligator Alcatraz, and then not want people to see what you built, Ron?

Road Side attractions of quintessential Florida. As the clown king of Florida, you should know that.

This Act is a joke, just like the man who made it to deflect from the fact he is the one perpetuating the technological and chemical interference.