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Peter, have you ever read Richard Layman's work? I think you'd really like it. (I'm not being sarcastic.). urbanplacesandspaces.blogspot.com

yep -- all the time. i usually have to put my patience cap on if I really want to dig in, tho -- he's the only person who can write more than me! :)

and the more i think about it, the more i don't like property taxes. imagine you are approaching retirement age, and you love your house and your neighborhood, and you want to improve it -- maybe even a lot -- but you can't handle higher taxes on higher property appraisals on a retiree income, so you shoot down any proposed development that could raise property values b/c you don't want to have to sell your house and move in the future. i don't know if it actually happens or not, but it seems a part of the 'gentrification' argument, and it just seems to be a perverse incentive (or just a 'disincentive').

by Peter Smith on Oct 27, 2010 2:26 pm • link • report

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