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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's idiotic to say that homeless shelters don't have a negative effect on property values. Maybe it is slim but of course it is negative.[/quote]

The property value argument is a strawman. The vast majority of homeowners in ward 3 (and let's be honest, the majority is the nimby folks in this thread are ward 3)  have likey seen property values skyrocket in the last decade. [i]You can take a $20k hit, even though I don't believe it will happen.[/i] It will share the area with a police station for goodness sake. [/quote]

This is typical progressive liberalism. WE decide how much money of yours you can keep and WE decide what's best.[/quote]

[b]The point is that your property valuation is not actually your money.[/b] Your property is worth what the market will pay for it. Deciding that government services should be allocated as to preserve or inflate your particular home's value on the market is the opposite of conservatism. [/quote]

If you bought the property, any monies that are earned as the property goes up is yours, outside of taxes - which is why tax law in regard to property is always in political play.

Your property IS worth what the market will pay for it. So when liberal progressive government decides that a neighborhood is "too white" or "too wealthy", and does something to deliberately change that, it affects market prices.

Conservatives believe in LIMITED government, and therefore doesn't believe the government should play God. [/quote]

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