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IronLionZion

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18. Landowners are the new aristocracy

Tue Oct 22, 2019, 12:33 PM

Oct 2019

instead of titles of nobility. Renters are the serfs who have no choices in life.

We see a lot of gentrification in many cities. Lower income tenants are thrown out so nicer buildings can be developed for those with more money to pay for it.

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Great guy, busts his ass all his life, looking to retire at 65, and then gets kicked out of his shop [View all] DFW Oct 2019 OP

Can anyone in town help him find another location? redstatebluegirl Oct 2019 #1

My town: Ratingen, Germany DFW Oct 2019 #10

We are rotting from the inside... secondwind Oct 2019 #2

We? DFW Oct 2019 #4

You think the same thing doesn't happen everywhere? nt. Mariana Oct 2019 #29

I dion't know if Germany is rotting from the inside at quite the same rate. DFW Oct 2019 #31

IBM did the same thing to my husband and many IBMers we know..... ProudMNDemocrat Oct 2019 #3

People are commodities to corporations. lastlib Oct 2019 #6

No corporations involved. People are also commodities to heartless people. DFW Oct 2019 #9

Point well taken! lastlib Oct 2019 #21

These weren't corporations. Corporations had nothing to do with it. DFW Oct 2019 #7

They may not have been corporations... OldBaldy1701E Oct 2019 #60

Sounds like the kind of thing more likely to happen in the US than Germany. Aristus Oct 2019 #5

It is, alas VERY prevalent over here DFW Oct 2019 #8

"Frankenstein houses" happened in Williamsburg Brooklyn too. It's now called "development dumping" DemocracyMouse Oct 2019 #32

I guess anywhere where the city officials are corrupt and don't care what they leave behind DFW Oct 2019 #36

Here those kind of houses are called "McMansions." fierywoman Oct 2019 #44

I always thought of McMansions as oversized but not hideous DFW Oct 2019 #47

Assholes are everywhere. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2019 #52

This happens in SF kimbutgar Oct 2019 #11

My town is too small for that DFW Oct 2019 #12

It's happening all over Seattle, too. LisaM Oct 2019 #24

I can imagine that Amazon has plenty of clout DFW Oct 2019 #28

Washington does NOT have a state income tax. We have a very regressive system. LisaM Oct 2019 #34

What a shame for such a great city to be allowed to deteriorate like that DFW Oct 2019 #39

So where do they get the funds? Lulu KC Oct 2019 #56

High sales.taxes, property taxes. LisaM Oct 2019 #59

Thanks Lulu KC Oct 2019 #62

Some say it's the most regressive tax in the nation. LisaM Oct 2019 #63

Change in America vishnura Oct 2019 #13

And here in Germany, they are doing exactly the same thing n/t DFW Oct 2019 #20

Lost my brother in March LittleGirl Oct 2019 #14

... progressoid Oct 2019 #16

Thank you. LittleGirl Oct 2019 #17

Or, in our case, the euro n/t DFW Oct 2019 #22

I think it comes down to contracts. thesquanderer Oct 2019 #15

True, but after 25 years, it is easy to let down one's guard DFW Oct 2019 #23

Yeah, I think it's a natural human trait, to believe that the longer something goes on a certain way thesquanderer Oct 2019 #27

I quite agree DFW Oct 2019 #30

I can't even comprehend a restaurant like that - in same family for 900 years - OriginalGeek Oct 2019 #50

Even here in Europe, that is really unusual DFW Oct 2019 #51

lol! OriginalGeek Oct 2019 #53

As an attorney, I was trying to come up with a tactful way of saying the same thing. Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #37

Though not a town where everyone knows everyone else DFW Oct 2019 #55

Which is why - Ms. Toad Oct 2019 #58

Landowners are the new aristocracy IronLionZion Oct 2019 #18

Understood. But you can't call it "gentrification" when there's nothing gentle about it. DemocracyMouse Oct 2019 #35

Things like that are happening all over our town catrose Oct 2019 #19

Our town has been here for over 800 years DFW Oct 2019 #25

Austin TX is technically not a village any more catrose Oct 2019 #26

It's happening all across the country.... Hulk Oct 2019 #33

My Landlord Experience McKim Oct 2019 #54

We actually lived on the other side of the Columibia River...in "Vantucky"... Hulk Oct 2019 #57

This is why the universe invented revolutions. DemocracyMouse Oct 2019 #38

hehe OldBaldy1701E Oct 2019 #61

The cultural and social loss is immeasurable. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2019 #40

Have you read EF Schumacher's Small is Beautiful? DemocracyMouse Oct 2019 #42

No, but will add to my reading list. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2019 #43

Down with dev dumping! Break up corporate oligopolies! DemocracyMouse Oct 2019 #41

No corporate anythings were involved here. DFW Oct 2019 #48

Sounds like what has happened and is still happening in SF. All my favorite businesses diane in sf Oct 2019 #45

Boycott lunamagica Oct 2019 #46

They won't care. DFW Oct 2019 #49