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We all know this happens everyday. (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago (4 children)

A friend of mine wants to build a small house on land he legally owns, but he's forbidden by municipality law unless it's a luxury home.

It's dumb. He owns the property, but he doesn't have the money to build a luxury house. Why can't he build a small house?

I guess not dedicating your life to pay off your house is illegal.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago

land he legally owns

Well the thing is he doesn't really own it. He owns the right to use it, and that right is extremely limited. You really can't say you own land when:

Men with guns will kick you off the land if you stop paying your ~~rent~~ property taxes.
The rights you do have over the land can be removed if the community decides they have a better use for it.
Someone else might own the rights to resources on the land like minerals, oil, or water.
Any substantial improvements or change of use must be approved by the local government.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The crazy thing about the whole situation is it's like the ONE time that the solution is actually deregulation and stronger property rights, but it's also the ONE time libertarians WANT heavy regulations, weak property rights, and big daddy government interfering in your personal life.

I feel like I'm in bizarro world.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

A libertarian is just a Republican trying to sleep with a Democrat. Once you understand that everything they do makes sense.

[–] ThrowawayPermanente 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't want that

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Then you aren't a libertarian.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

What makes a luxury home different from any other home?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

A backsplash in the kitchen made out of those linear tiles in shades of grey, or at least that's what all the house flippers of the last few years seem to think.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Minimum dollar value for the house.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

So basically the only way you can legally make more houses is if you're looking to make a company town like it's 1900

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Higher taxes I imagine. Government only has so much land to get money from so they want the most money per unit. You might say "well why not put an apartment building there?". Which should mean even more money but each person there is a certain cost. So even if you make more money per unit you spend more. The ideal, from the POV of the government, would be the town having no residents only businesses. Plus you know only poor people young people and non-whites live in apartment buildings and Karen on the zoning board has strong opinions on those types.

Basically bigotry and incentives.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Because your friend has a zoning board and they don't vote.