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mr_lebowski

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1. This is a real issue, but blaming it on 'progressive boomers' just because these are generally
Sat Jul 6, 2019, 03:09 PM
Jul 2019

'Liberal Cities' ... is bullshit.

Even the SF Bay Area is MAYBE 60-40 left-leaning vs. right-leaning people. IOW, there's PLENTY of righties around in EVERY big city to start up organizations trying to stop housing developments for lower-income folks. And yeah, they'll convince moderates, and even attract some bona-fide liberals to at least some parts of their platforms ... but I really doubt it's 'progressive boomers' predominately behind this shit.

Gonna have to show me some real data, put it like that.

There's also an issue in big cities where SO MUCH of people's wealth is tied up in their property values, and the fact that SCARCITY is a MAJOR factor in those values ... forces an awful lot of folks into a Faustian Bargain they'd rather not be making but feel like they have little choice.

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