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Re: Artist faked being a billionaire to photograph New York City’s best views

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Post by baud147258 »

tarsinge wrote: post #89
wolverine876 wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It also constrains supply of real estate, driving up the value for property owners.

12 floors is huge. Nearly every building in Paris is 6 floors and it is already at near the maximum density humanly acceptable in my opinion. There will never be enough supply in some place, especially with speculation and foreign investors. The situation in NYC and these cities is nothing like SF.

though for Paris, I think it's mandated by the local law, no?

Regarding Paris, at the current density, maybe it would be better to have higher building but with a smaller ground footprint (not sure if it's the right term), to leave space free for more parks?

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Post by prox »

vanderZwan wrote: post #117
himinlomax wrote: post #111

> “They all talked about having a golf simulator room—I’ve never heard of this thing before, but they all had it,” Why are wealthy people so much into golf? It seems like the dullest of activities. Is it just because other rich people say they like golf, and they're all such conformists?

"No, I won't play golf, it's playing marbles for people who don't want to bend down." - Youp van het Hek Jokes aside, it's because it is a way to signal that you are part of the in-group by sharing in a particular activity. And what better way than to make that the kind of activity that implicitly shows off your privilege? Golf involves a large amount of grass fields set aside and maintained just for you and your fri…

I think it also allows for talking and doing business deals at the same time. Other sports don’t have that, unless it’s a board game.

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Post by Jabbles »

searchableguy wrote: post #98
test1235 wrote: post #62

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>Expecting a city skyline to never change is ridiculous "In Athens, buildings are not allowed to surpass 12 floors so as not to block the view toward the Parthenon." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_A... I'd say this isn't typical of most of the world, but it's not unprecedented.

China has done the same recently. They are moving away from skyscrapers. Strict regulation for buildings taller than 250m. No approval for buildings taller than 500m. https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3115225/...

That's not really the same thing as Athens at all. 250m is ~60 floors.

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Post by astoor »

knocte wrote: post #61
zadler wrote: post #45

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> NFTs are insane With any luck, NFTs and crypto in general might reduce this kind of investment in property. They might turn out to be a better place to park excess cash.

I think NFTs are great because they move money from the hands of the stupid&rich to the hands of artists.

> I think NFTs are great because they move money from the hands of the stupid&rich to the hands of artists.

There are 15 million items offered for sale on OpenSea, for example, and each one of those will have cost the artist $50-100 in fees to list. Almost all of those will either fail to sell, or will sell at a loss to the artist. So, although the crypto-rich want you to believe you're democratising finance or sticking up for the little people against "the elite" or however they phrase it, the reality is the exact opposite of what you describe, i.e. NFTs are moving money from the hands of the artists to the crypto-rich.

Re: Artist faked being a billionaire to photograph New York City’s best views

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Post by ClumsyPilot »

natchy wrote: post #83
IG_Semmelweiss wrote: post #78

this is a huge argument for a real estate tax on non-primary residential property. Then, triple the tax its not rented during the year. do we want to allow wealthy princes to have a pied a terre on park ave ? OK. Let them pay in blood for the privilege. Of course, neither "progressives" or "conservatives" will be willing to threaten upper classes, real estate lobby, and political donors, with such a tax.. despite tha…

> this is a huge argument What was the argument. I didn’t see an argument. That fact that expensive apartments exist? > let them pay in blood for the privilege Why? Follow this thread of envy and it ends at a guillotine for anyone with wealth.

There is investment of capital with positive value, like in startups.

There is investment with (mostly( neutral value like gold

There is investment with negative value where you buy a resource that everyone needs (like land) and then you hog it and prevent others from using it. For economy to work properly, the latter must be discouraged.

Re: Artist faked being a billionaire to photograph New York City’s best views

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Post by leokennis »

himinlomax wrote: post #111

> “They all talked about having a golf simulator room—I’ve never heard of this thing before, but they all had it,” Why are wealthy people so much into golf? It seems like the dullest of activities. Is it just because other rich people say they like golf, and they're all such conformists?

* You walk in "nature", which almost everyone likes

* You can talk with your rich buddies while doing it

* You don't get sweaty or tired from doing it

* However you can still claim that you exercised

* You don't meet filthy poor people

* At the end you can replenish the 250 kilocalories you burned playing 9 holes by eating a big 400 kcal tenderloin steak and washing it away with 5 glasses of wine (also 400 kcal)

Re: Artist faked being a billionaire to photograph New York City’s best views

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Post by PoignardAzur »

bobthepanda wrote: post #95
tarsinge wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

12 floors is huge. Nearly every building in Paris is 6 floors and it is already at near the maximum density humanly acceptable in my opinion. There will never be enough supply in some place, especially with speculation and foreign investors. The situation in NYC and these cities is nothing like SF.

The average square footage of a Parisian studio would make NY’s tenements look downright palatial. The average NYC studio is 50 m^2. The larger end for a Parisian studio is given to be 35 m^2.

On the other hand, there's nothing forcing you to live in intra-muros Paris.

I live in Nanterre, 5min away from the RER station, and my rent is 1200€/month for a 2-bedrooms apartment (50 m²). I have a Point is, you can have affordable-ish rents in a business center without building humongous high-rises everywhere, as long as your public transport network can support it.

Re: Artist faked being a billionaire to photograph New York City’s best views

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Post by vanderZwan »

prox wrote: post #122
vanderZwan wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"No, I won't play golf, it's playing marbles for people who don't want to bend down." - Youp van het Hek Jokes aside, it's because it is a way to signal that you are part of the in-group by sharing in a particular activity. And what better way than to make that the kind of activity that implicitly shows off your privilege? Golf involves a large amount of grass fields set aside and maintained just for you and your fri…

I think it also allows for talking and doing business deals at the same time. Other sports don’t have that, unless it’s a board game.

Agreed on the first part, that's where being a proxy for taking a walk comes into play. But regarding the second part: almost any lawn game would qualify for that, no? This could also be done over a game of horseshoes or Kubb. But that would miss all the other the gatekeeping, in-group signaling qualities mentioned.

Although maybe croquet qualifies as posh enough... Now you're having me wonder if we can categorize lawn games by the classes that play them?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn_game

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Post by PoignardAzur »

choeger wrote: post #102
cheriot wrote: post #27

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Well, if you want to ruin their investment then issue building permits for more of them. > They cast these huge shadows and block views Talk about first world problems. Expecting a city skyline to never change is ridiculous. The only problem is that so few people use these buildings. The best kind of density regulation requires _more_ density.

Yeah, more density, because all that matters is the size of cities and their economy. 90% of children never waking up to the sounds of birds around their house? Who cares? 90% of grownups never plant even a tomatoes? What does it matter! Families of four or more confined to single-bathroom, two-bedroom apartments? The cosier, the better! The most important bit is that the cheap workforce reaches their dull jobs in ti…

I mean... I don't think I've ever planted a tomato in my life, and I don't feel like a hollow shell performing a simulacrum of life?

(I have planted potatoes though)

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