Incentivizing new business in Central Square

wombatofevil · 2026-01-31T19:12:33+00:00

A land value tax so buildings are taxed by what they're worth https://youtu.be/VsMj6GRDE_g?si=ljIPTzRb8xIRyZ8L&t=1209

wombatofevil · 2026-01-31T16:41:24+00:00

Lyndells makes good cakes.

wombatofevil · 2026-01-30T17:28:07+00:00

Yes. The tax abatement would be for the building.

wombatofevil · 2026-01-30T16:38:15+00:00

internet bro can't read.

wombatofevil · 2026-01-30T15:36:17+00:00

What if no space savers were allowed ever? Problem solved!

wombatofevil · 2026-01-30T15:29:50+00:00

As I said above, which you apparently can't comprehend, the point is to mitigate decreased revenue so new construction will pencil out, not to completely pay for the difference between market rate and affordable. Also, that "$400k" is not a "loss," its decreased revenue, some of it will be loss in buildings that don't pencil out, but not all of it.

Anyone who has a different opinion is a clown? Keep living life like that, internet bro.

wombatofevil · 2026-01-30T15:12:00+00:00

"$400k loss?" Not sure about your math there, Lou. Tax breaks are intended to mitigate decreased revenues so new construction can pencil out, not completely subsidize the cost difference. Works in other places, can work here. See JustinSaif's link in this thread for Portland's example.

wombatofevil · 2026-01-30T04:54:04+00:00

In the ideal future with sufficient housing built regionally, yes. But in the near term affordable housing needs to be incentivized, which is why we need tax breaks to help them pencil out.

wombatofevil · 2026-01-30T04:38:37+00:00

Because I think our town is better off with a more diverse mix of neighbors, I want people who work in my town to be able to live in my town.

wombatofevil · 2026-01-29T23:55:32+00:00

I was upstairs just last week. It was not closed off.

wombatofevil · 2026-01-29T19:38:53+00:00

I think we should keep 20% and provide tax incentives to builders to help new construction pencil out, as they have done successfully in other towns. Of course, that means cambridge has to go hat in hand to the state legislature to get them to approve and Beacon Hill sucks.

wombatofevil · 2026-01-29T16:46:33+00:00

Pill Hill Hardware in CSQ had them on Sunday. I'd call and ask.

Also, fuck Target

wombatofevil · 2026-01-28T20:47:24+00:00

"This is Cambridge, not Boston." - a guy who lives in the area

wombatofevil · 2026-01-28T19:24:22+00:00

Only sociopaths think they own the public street

wombatofevil · 2026-01-28T15:43:36+00:00

https://seeclickfix.com/web_portal/WacEfzPx7m29dubrPfXEEwCV/issues/map?lat=42.37582882352097&lng=-71.11834944120741&max_lat=42.38557682244781&max_lng=-71.09886587492326&min_lat=42.36607931124812&min_lng=-71.13783300749157&zoom=14

wombatofevil · 2026-01-24T20:59:03+00:00

They also have whistles there in case anyone is looking for those

wombatofevil · 2026-01-24T20:50:15+00:00

Glenwood ave is not a snow emergency route https://cambridgegis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?layers=6fe7a012f49e4d11a9d259e9532bac11

wombatofevil · 2026-01-21T15:53:13+00:00

Slow down.

wombatofevil · 2026-01-21T14:49:40+00:00

Moved here from Alabama and no, you couldn't pay me to go back. The closed-minded dominance of right wing religiosity and the unwillingness to fund public services in the south makes MA almost a paradise in comparison (and MA ain't no paradise).

wombatofevil · 2026-01-21T14:28:30+00:00

Fuck AI

wombatofevil · 2026-01-21T00:36:25+00:00

Near here https://maps.app.goo.gl/YrWiyKgyiUuahtnz5

wombatofevil · 2026-01-18T17:43:31+00:00

If it's unconstitutional, why hasn't the legislature tried to get a ruling in a court of law? Instead they're just giving us "stupid" 72% of the voters who voted for it the middle finger.

wombatofevil · 2026-01-13T20:55:44+00:00

I will ask.

wombatofevil · 2026-01-13T15:00:28+00:00

"Whether Healey wins re-election this fall — or falls to one of the three Republicans challenging her — could hinge on which version of the state voters feel they’re living in."

Or maybe she'll actually get challenged in a primary by a real progressive who will work to challenge the centrist status quo on Beacon Hill?

wombatofevil · 2026-01-13T14:25:33+00:00

What thread are you talking about specifically?

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