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Charlesinrichmond t1_ixkew9b wrote

Reply to comment by today-is-the-future in Living in RVA without a car by [deleted]

people are feeling like they are getting priced out of a city they love because of all the people moving down from Nova. Online that's a thing, in real life you won't come across it

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SecureCap6661 t1_ixmnhw1 wrote

Not 'feel like ' ARE. We ARE being priced out of our neighborhoods by investment firms gentrification flips to begin with, and then cake on the DC socialites getting to remote work so they can schlep it down here, overpay for whatever home they wanted and still be saving themselves money compared to the DC market, while widening that income inequality gap here.

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today-is-the-future t1_ixkf9vl wrote

I empathize with that! I've seen firsthand the damage gentrification does to community members.

That's partly why I want to move to a place that might actually have a community.

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Charlesinrichmond t1_ixkfw9p wrote

I think people moving in is great. I'm the opposite of a nativist and I don't believe in gentrification.

but the people complaining have a point. They are being priced out. Because of a shortage of supply. But that's not your fault, it's the city's

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today-is-the-future t1_ixkghdi wrote

Yup' and f*** me because the places I can comfortably live without a car, are all ruined by skyrocketing real estate prices.

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Charlesinrichmond t1_ixuzu62 wrote

we have made it illegal to build the kind of places you and I want to live in.

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SecureCap6661 t1_ixmp54q wrote

Actually, it's still investment firms. Landlords provide housing like scalpers provide tickets, IJS. And, as someone who worked the Census, you'd likely be appalled at just how many people are illegally Air BnBing places across the city.

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