eleog · HackerTrans

4 года назадdiscuss

Why stop at an LVT? Let's punitively tax housing that is unoccupied for a long time. Even in Seattle, where housing is notoriously pricey, there are a great many houses sitting empty. If the cost of keeping them went up then they'd likely be rented or sold.

eleog

4 года назадdiscuss

The housing capacity of neighborhoods can be greatly increased w/o destroying their character. Seattle is now permitting additional dwelling units, e.g. "mother-in-law"s and tiny houses, on existing properties and I can assure you that they are being built. The rents on them are well below what a developer of the density buildings, (which steal the views and charm of existing homes and transfer that value to developers and to realtors like Redfin), would charge.

LVT is a good idea. If it convinces neighborhoods to accept re-zoning then fine. If not then just use the tax dollars to promote housing. One good use would be improving transit to help neighborhoods handle more residents and to reduce the need for cars. Fewer cars could mean fewer garages, which in turn could become more auxiliary dwelling units.

eleog

5 лет назадdiscuss

Sqlite is not a toy, but it's so sloppy that it's not really a tool either. Like a saw with a loose blade, it can help you cut but it can also hurt you. My pet peave is the way sqlite accepts non-aggregated columns in a GROUP BY query. You'll get a result in the column, but it's not clear what it means.

More of sqlite's sloppyness is detailed here https://sqlite.org/src/wiki?name=StrictMode

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