we were idiots in thinking that rising property values are a good thing
Literally just had my friends idiot brother argue this over the weekend… They live in the last “affordable” (laughably) area on long Island and now that he’s a homeowner he was saying how the whole area should have higher home values, that the area “deserves” it, if it just wasn’t for “those people” that live here bringing it down (you know what people he means…)
When I asked who the hell could afford to buy 700k+ houses he literally said “rich people.”
…literally kicking the ladder down behind him because it would benefit him.
Raze the suburbs and build affordable mid density. Especially anything near the LIRR. I grew up in a town in Nassau where everything within a mile of the LIRR station is still single family homes, except a short main street strip with one floor of apartments over ground floor businesses.
And consolidate the school districts. It’s racism barely couched in classism, actively reproducing segregation.
Bit idea, when republicans talk like that. Just say “you want housing to be more expensive? How’s that working out for California? But enjoy paying more taxes because you want to feel fancy, I guess…”
Literally just had my friends idiot brother argue this over the weekend… They live in the last “affordable” (laughably) area on long Island and now that he’s a homeowner he was saying how the whole area should have higher home values, that the area “deserves” it, if it just wasn’t for “those people” that live here bringing it down (you know what people he means…)
When I asked who the hell could afford to buy 700k+ houses he literally said “rich people.”
…literally kicking the ladder down behind him because it would benefit him.
Average Long Islander tbh
Raze the suburbs and build affordable mid density. Especially anything near the LIRR. I grew up in a town in Nassau where everything within a mile of the LIRR station is still single family homes, except a short main street strip with one floor of apartments over ground floor businesses.
And consolidate the school districts. It’s racism barely couched in classism, actively reproducing segregation.
Bit idea, when republicans talk like that. Just say “you want housing to be more expensive? How’s that working out for California? But enjoy paying more taxes because you want to feel fancy, I guess…”