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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It annoys the crap out of me that developers, realtors and mortgage brokers are out here using this anonymous board for their arguments.[/quote]

You can't fathom the concept of people wanting housing to be affordable for their kids? I've got two-- lower elementary. 20 more years of housing costs going up considerably faster than incomes is not going to make a good world for them. And as a fed, I'm not exactly in a position to give them trust funds.[/quote]

Who is talking trust funds? Do you really imagine those of us in these working class / middle class neighborhoods most vulnerable to the impact of this proposal are any different than you?

I’ve told my kids to start saving for a home early, live at home with me during college years to save cost of housing and forgo massive student loans, and I’ve also told them to be prepared to save for 15 years for a home - just like I did. I was in my 40s when I bought my first home.

I’m also teaching them a lesson that millennials obviously didn’t get: you aren’t entitled to a home. You have to earn it. So pick a local college, get a degree that offers a good income and career, and live modestly and save every penny. [/quote]

Cutting off your nose to spite your face. You wouldn't have to be so concerned about leaving a large inheritance if housing costs weren't going to be so expensive for your kids. You seem to be more interested in making things worse for others than making them better for you and your kids.[/quote]

Oh please. Give it a res

First, leaving a home or the proceeds from a home sale is called building generational wealth. Rich people do it all the time to give their kids a leg up. My parents could not do it for me. I’ll do it for my kids. But, wait, you don’t think I should do that because why? Because I’m not rich and therefore my kids should have to start with nothing like I did? Oh, I see ….

Second, how does my interest in preserving the value of homes like mine in a working / middle class neighborhood filled with POC and immigrant families who, like me, worked hard for our homes and who want to preserve the integrity of our neighborhood we bought into and not be overrun by developers, further taxing our schools, streets, and infrastructure (NONE of which any of you YIMBYs seem to GAF about) not caring about others?

My kids go to these overcrowded schools. Their school is old and overcapacity already and the county has no money to address this issue …. I don’t have money to send my kids to private school. Tell me about how developers are going to address this?

Parking is always tight in my neighborhood. Streets are narrow. I can’t afford to build a driveway, nor could most of my neighbors, I’m willing to bet. How are developers addressing this?

And our infrastructure is falling apart. County says it has no money to address it. I already pay a considerable amount in taxes. How are quadplexes all over my neighborhood going to help this?

Again, you keep wanting to make this about “helping” POC, middle class people, working class people … this proposal just hurts them. [/quote]

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