Here I unequivocally and emphatically disagree. We're the wealthiest country in the history of the planet. We have enough money. We simply choose not to provide housing..And it can't solve it, as it stands the need for affordable housing far exceeds the supply of affordable housing, and there just isn't enough money as things stand to build enough housing for all of them.
and there just isn't enough money as things stand to build enough housing for all of them.
and there just isn't enough money as things stand to build enough housing for all of them.
as things stand
You have this habit of not understanding the nuance of a point, even when it's actually laid out clearly, until someone beats you over the head with it. In our current political climate, a constraint you are more than welcome to use in support of things you agree with, we are unable to build enough affordable housing. But either you are unable to see that constraint here, or you just don't care.as things stand
And it's funny, I added that bit because, even though any reasonable reasonable person would understand my meaning without it, I knew you would take me literally at 100% face value, but even explicitly calling out the current constraint was too nuanced for you.
This is funny because I very deliberately setup a straw man of a composite of some of the worst behavior I've seen both here and other places, and applied it to a very hypothetical situation that doesn't currently exist, and you felt the need to jump to the defense of the Wedge. I won't explicitly describe what that implies to me, which is fine, most people will understand it, and you will remain blissfully aware.You have this habit of going to extremes and assuming the worst of people. I would welcome more density in Uptown. I do not want our entire block to become apartment buildings. I could probably accept a third of our block becoming apartment buildings, or even half if it was done well (think 1920's-scale two-lot buildings rather than the current half-block buildings).Is it a case of "fuck you got mine?" Is everyone that came before and including you a noble resident fighting for truth justice and the American way, and every person that comes after you is some greedy transiet that doesn't care about your place?
I don't think this is an unreasonable position and I'm pretty sure most of the homeowners on our block (not that many, BTW) could live with it. I would like to see some more parking lots and underutilized buildings come down before a lot of new stuff gets built on our block. Does this make me some sort of evil landowner?