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hd95489 commented on ‘America does so much more to subsidise affluence than alleviate poverty’ ft.com/content/6218aa73-a... · Posted by u/hhs

throwaway173738 · 3 years ago

Mostly the issue with being a small landlord lies in how the landlord-tenant laws are written to treat you like a large corporate landlord. You have the same legal obligation to go through very lengthy eviction processes and to be very verbose about criteria but you can’t amortize the risk of a bad tenant over even tens of units like a corporation can. If you get one bad tenant they can cost you more than you get from them in rent, and they can destroy the rental house before you get to the eviction hearing.

I’ve had more than one conversation with my wife about just keeping the house empty instead while we’re gone, but I still think I have a moral obligation to rent to someone if I can.

hd95489 · 3 years ago

I think short term rental lowers that risk by having more renters but none under contract. Air b&b is a terrible thing but also the local maximum for individuals

hd95489 commented on Maps show how parking lots “eat” U.S. cities bigthink.com/strange-maps... · Posted by u/Amorymeltzer

petre · 3 years ago

Community gardens and wood shops? I get that Americans like their property private and would even guard it with a rifle, but it could be a solution.

hd95489 · 3 years ago

20 year wait list on the community garden.

Wood shops are pretty expensive but not crazy so. The quality of the tools leaves a lot to be desired though

hd95489 commented on Maps show how parking lots “eat” U.S. cities bigthink.com/strange-maps... · Posted by u/Amorymeltzer

morkalork · 3 years ago

Developers don't really build these and when they do, the prices are unbelievable so it's back to the suburbs for anyone looking to have kids.

hd95489 · 3 years ago

You can’t really raise a kid in the city without private school. Large school districts are super inefficient and have to spend lots of money to bring up kids from broken families. High quality schools cheat that problem by excluding poor families through expensive real estate thereby increasing the number of resources per student. It’s not fair but that’s how the game is played

hd95489 commented on ‘America does so much more to subsidise affluence than alleviate poverty’ ft.com/content/6218aa73-a... · Posted by u/hhs

snapplebobapple · 3 years ago

I don't think you understand what the word efficient means because what you said about it is certainly untrue. The private sector will almost always deliver a better result as long as you mitigate market power abuse. You are basically saying it is more efficient to deliver services through a public system because said public system failed at mitigating market power. In the rent example a lot of that market power is even self inflicted by said public sector via onerous zoning and permitting regulations that make development only plausible via large, oligopolistic systems.

hd95489 · 3 years ago

You assume a free market economy that does not exist. Rent is a good example because regulation is driving it small land lords in favor of a few large corporate land lords that collude on rent using common algorithmic models.

hd95489 commented on EPA approves California rules phasing out diesel trucks apnews.com/article/califo... · Posted by u/clouddrover

vm · 3 years ago

That premise seems unlikely based on two facts from the article:

1. “to require truck manufacturers to sell an increasing number of zero-emission trucks over the next couple of decades”

This is a multi-decade effort for manufacturers, not freight companies

2. “eight other states plan to adopt California’s truck standards”

It’s a catalyst for other states to adopt this same standard. California is using its market power to influence national emission standards.

hd95489 · 3 years ago

My state has been infected by California copy cat syndrome and it’s destroying our cities. Every shitty California policy gets adopted here a couple years later and now we can’t build anything, Pay more taxes and have more crime. The supposed benefits never come through.

hd95489 commented on CDC team studying East Palestine train derailment fell ill during investigation cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/ne... · Posted by u/hammock

rcme · 3 years ago

What are the damages?

hd95489 · 3 years ago

Cancer and early death in 10-20 years

hd95489 commented on If you want to watch games on your tractor, please use your own iPad devblogs.microsoft.com/ol... · Posted by u/paulmooreparks

elcritch · 3 years ago

Using an iPad for a real time control app seems suspect to me.

hd95489 · 3 years ago

You can make up for it with speed so it makes sense

hd95489 commented on There's something off about LED bulbs nymag.com/strategist/arti... · Posted by u/brainfog

brianwawok · 3 years ago