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George4Mayor86 t1_j7v6mcw wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Manhattan rents hit an all-time high in January by WarrenBuffetsDriver

Weird how landlords in Austin and Buffalo all happen to be better, less greedy people than ones in Boston and New York.

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[deleted] t1_j7vc3lr wrote

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George4Mayor86 t1_j7vd75l wrote

See also: vacancy taxes. They’re fine, they just don’t do much and they virtually always come up as a deflection from serious policy.

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pddkr1 t1_j7vm5gf wrote

This was one of the most pleasant and enlightened exchanges I’ve seen on this sub. Kudos to both of you.

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lokitoth t1_j8dy4py wrote

> they just don’t do much

Is there some good reading on this? I am wondering what breaks the mechanism in this case.

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