r/dankmemes • u/EquipmentElegant • Jun 20 '25

Big PP OC It will be ruled an accident

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u/headermargin Jun 20 '25

Id hang you too if you doubled my rent.

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u/al0xx Jun 20 '25

wow where do you live? 👀

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u/MrSelfDestrucct Jun 20 '25

He venmos his mom 600/ month for the basement

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u/headermargin Jun 20 '25

Moved out long ago, but thats not a bad alternative to paying upwards of 4k a month.

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u/MrSelfDestrucct Jun 20 '25

Damn can I live in your mom’s basement?

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u/headermargin Jun 20 '25

She has strict rules youd need to abide by

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u/MrSelfDestrucct Jun 20 '25

Kinky

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u/headermargin Jun 20 '25

Not exactly, just dont destroy her basement.

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u/headermargin Jun 20 '25

In the north. And not near a city, where people are taxed up the ass.

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u/Lobster_fest Jun 20 '25

Yeah, because its the taxes that make city living expensive. Right.

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u/Dyledion Jun 20 '25

Now hang on a tick. Higher taxes = more capacity for govt interference per capita. Generally, more government interference translates directly to a more restricted, oppressively regulated housing market. A restricted, regulated housing market immediately attracts sharks. 

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u/Lobster_fest Jun 20 '25

Zoning laws are a far more obvious and direct cause than taxes.

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u/headermargin Jun 20 '25

Companies and businesses owners raise prices in response to changes.

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u/DemadaTrim Jun 20 '25

Yes but that's not why living in cities is expensive. Cities are where people want to live, high desirability means high prices.

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u/headermargin Jun 20 '25

That too. Theres many reasons for high price, sometimes people are assholes, sometimes it may actually be worth that much.

Theres way more things id pay 4k for.

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u/DemadaTrim Jun 20 '25

I mean, they are worth that much as long as people exist who will pay that much. That's what "worth" means. Would prices be lower if more cheap housing was built? Yes. Would developers build more cheap housing if regulation allowed? I doubt it. Likely they'd build things terribly but slap a coat of "luxury" on it and match current prices, because people who exist who will pay it. That's what capitalism rewards, selling the worst product for the most the market will bear. Quality is only a concern in certain market conditions.

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u/Overdose7 Jun 20 '25

Like when their sense of greed strengthens. If they didn't also increase profits at the same time then, yeah, that'd be it.