Yeah, it made me spit Diet Coke out my nose. Not only is my nose now on fire but I also have to clean my monitor.
Man Kills Himself In Front Of City Council
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Yeah, it made me spit Diet Coke out my nose. Not only is my nose now on fire but I also have to clean my monitor.
GoodEnoughForMe
n.m.s.s.
So is that a good laugh, or an "oh my god what a jackass" laugh?
Japanrocks12
tired of being a man
the latter.
GoodEnoughForMe
n.m.s.s.
Yeah, well, I feel like it was a pretty stupid thing to say still.
Miles Teg
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The principle is the same. I was also responding in general as opposed to in specific. Also the main thing is that residential: Kids, other pedestrians. Commercial: Cars
. Not the best combo.
Those zoning scenarios don't necessarily hold up. Besides, not too much would have changed in this case. However, this person clearly seemed to think it was owed to him, for some reason, as he went ahead and expanded anyway, knowing how much debt it would incur.
plarq
Crazy forever
OMG they hunt down small enterprise! They violate family values! Those liberal/socialist/corporatism/big government sucks!!!
Godwynn
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No, no its not. Factory != Barber Shop. Who do you think emits more pollution? Which one has more cars driving to it each day?
I believe that was his point. Traumatizing the council members that voted against him.
Meh, the NYC City Council would only vote on it if you were a big player, like Bruce Ratner or whatever they were going to do when the Jets were still slated for a Manhattan stadium.
plarq
Crazy forever
It's city planning.
The government bureaucrats hate to see a barber shop in residential area, or a high-rise residential apartment in the Citibank building.
Miles Teg
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Ok the analogy was poorly chosen, however the principle still remains that Children, Pedestrians, Pets + Cars = Bad. The government has always preferred certain things in certain areas, simply because their easier to tax, besides making it easier on the consumer.
I've not done much planning law... but I'd assume the following:
Home is rezoned to commercial - this increases the value of the land because it can now be sold as by the owner (or the lender on the owners default) and used by the purchaser for say... a supermarket right in the middle of the street - do the neighbors want this? I'd assume not.
Sad story... but... public suicide really doesn't seem like the best way of fixing it =/
Home is rezoned to commercial - this increases the value of the land because it can now be sold as by the owner (or the lender on the owners default) and used by the purchaser for say... a supermarket right in the middle of the street - do the neighbors want this? I'd assume not.
Sad story... but... public suicide really doesn't seem like the best way of fixing it =/
Why should the government interfere? Let the market decide.
Godwynn
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Since the story doesn't specify, either the barber shop is already at his home, so rezoning would affect nothing except he land value. Secondly, if the barber shop is not at his home, his neighbors have nothing to worry about.
I'll reply with a quote from the story:
So he wasn't going to sell his home.
Your spam is not as funny as you think it is.
He wasn't. But his creditor was, in case he got bankrupt anyways. Which doesn't seem too unlikely..
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