this post was submitted on 15 May 2025
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If the land your single family home is sitting on is suddenly worth four million dollars, that's a sure sign that that plot of land should NOT be used for single family zoning. It's doubtlessly some of the most valuable land in the city, close to job centers and lots of community resources. That kind of land should be used for multi family housing. Quit hoarding it so you can live your Leave it to Beaver fantasy in the middle of a built up urban area.
Not quoting you specifically here but the general vibe of this owner:
"But I want to live as a rancher in the middle of Manhattan. I demand we warp the tax laws to enable it."
Get the fuck out of here, you entitled fuck.
But if you built your house in a relatively undesirable place and the area gets gentrified due to no fault of your own, now you have to get out of the way because richer people decided they like your land after all?