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zorionek0 t1_j7qu0f5 wrote

Reply to comment by Er3bus13 in How do you feel about all the warehouses and other land development? by conifer0

I sympathize with this, but when that vacant property belongs to a different developer there isn’t really a means to prevent someone else from doing it without artificially favoring existing landholders

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Er3bus13 t1_j7qux2h wrote

The government claims land all the damn time. If it sits empty x number of years state buys back at going rate. There solved it for you.

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zorionek0 t1_j7qvhrm wrote

Eminent domain is costly and people fight it in court all the time. Also, do we really want the precedent of the state seizing the property of a private individual and selling it to another because the state doesn’t like how you’re using it?

I think vacancy taxes are a better solution, for housing and retail.

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Er3bus13 t1_j7qyf0d wrote

I want good soil so people can grow things. The world doesn't need a new strip mall. However we get there would be great.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j7sh1zz wrote

>If it sits empty x number of years state buys back at going rate.

Define "empty."

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