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How do we get the good parts of gentrification without the bad? Is avoiding the bad really worth freezing an area in amber?
Is there good parts? Then again this forum is for those doing the gentrifying. So maybe it is wrong place to ask...
This is an aside, but my how far has Starbucks fallen at the hands of profit optimization. A Starbucks used to be a great place to spend time. Today the interior of almost every Starbucks is cold, beat up, and (intentionally?) uncomfortable. (In the stores where they even still have seating, which another commenter pointed out.) The quality of the product is barely a step above a gas station. On the other hand, my ar…
What seems weird is that with the massive number of Starbucks closures I've seen smaller indies and local chains open up in the exact same locations and somehow make a go of it- how does that work?
Wait, aren't third places public places? Like, squares or parks? I thought commercial establishments were second places.
What I don't see in these conversations is how much increasing property prices contribute to killing third places. People get excited because they bought a house for $200k and it's notionally worth $800k now. In reality they haven't gained anything because every house is $800k and you still need somewhere to live so you still only own one housing unit of wealth. Worse, people actively lobby for policies that increase…
...and one day, a younger generation is going to say "enough" because they'll have no other choice. I'm not sure what they'll do, but it probably wont involve respecting the abstractions that we've been basing our retirement savings on.
And yet, it's a system which has, so far, outlived the others. Perhaps it is stable, after all. It certainly keeps the youth honed in on the grindstone.
There were some defectors in the 60s, and in 2008, but that was far less sustainable or, rather, failed to reach critical mass / escape velocity.
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...and one day, a younger generation is going to say "enough" because they'll have no other choice. I'm not sure what they'll do, but it probably wont involve respecting the abstractions that we've been basing our retirement savings on.
Yeah, it's confusing to me anyone expects usury of youth to be sustainable. We come into the world with nothing, and then we are saddled with debt and costs like describe above (which are, essentially, debt)? And yet, it's a system which has, so far, outlived the others. Perhaps it is stable, after all. It certainly keeps the youth honed in on the grindstone. There were some defectors in the 60s, and in 2008, but tha…
We need a few Hari Seldon types.
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What kind of legal protections do you think should go? BTW, say, your bedroom serves no public benefit; its point is to provide you some highly private benefits. Is it bad? I'd say that any activity is fine, as long as it does not result in or intended for public harm. Providing a public benefit should be strictly optional; paying taxes should be enough.
Then why are we giving the owners limited liability? In exchange for what?
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Everyone may be wanting cozy shops, large apartments, free ice cream, and a pony. Cozy shops bring in much less profit per $ invested. They cannot seriously compete with kiosks, when the majority of customers just want some competently brewed joe on the way to work (or even half-competently, since we mention Starbucks). Maybe a bagel with it. Next customer! A cozy shop with seating for customers who want to sit there…
If commercial real estate is cheap enough, an efficient business chain absolutely can do well with a cozy shop. A lot of people don't want a kiosk, and will simply skip it, but will go to a place if it's a cozy shop. Maybe this isn't so popular in modern America these days, but it is in many other places. Here in Tokyo where land prices are huge, all the Starbucks I've seen are still cozy shops, though they do tend t…
It might also be more profitable to operate a location as a kiosk than as a larger cozy shop.
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Yeah, it's confusing to me anyone expects usury of youth to be sustainable. We come into the world with nothing, and then we are saddled with debt and costs like describe above (which are, essentially, debt)? And yet, it's a system which has, so far, outlived the others. Perhaps it is stable, after all. It certainly keeps the youth honed in on the grindstone. There were some defectors in the 60s, and in 2008, but tha…
I doubt it. Even if there's enough growth to make the plight of the young survivable from a wealth standpoint, this thing we've built has no steering wheel. If it's not the youth that will say enough, it'll be the atmosphere. We need a few Hari Seldon types.
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Actively. You can however consider it when choosing a location (although obviously, the mobile network providers can make changes outside your control which might change your 'USP').
can always cover the walls and make it a Faraday cage?
I could not find an English shop that sells it with nice pattern, but you can always use something like this :
https://consciousspaces.com/products/yshield-hnv100-emf-shie...