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Eokokok t1_j9h8upq wrote

What is the philosophical question here? If you do not own a property and are driven out by rising rent it does not seem philosophical, it's economical.

If you own a property and stay in place that seems to be getting way out of your income bracket yearly, because of stubbornness or family heirloom sentiments, and not sell to better your life elsewhere it's misguided feelings or lack of personal wealth management skills...

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Funktownajin t1_j9hrlfx wrote

Your second part ignores the main reasons people don't want to leave -knowledge of the area, friends and family nearby, sense of community, having a job in the neighborhood. Calling it stubbornness and family heirloom sentiment (not quite sure what that means) really misses the mark almost completely.

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Eokokok t1_j9j1hoz wrote

Gentrification is issue of the poor, so if you have property in a place that faces skyrocketing land value and decides to stay in such a place being poor for reasons you listed instead of selling it to improve your life it is definition stubborn choices.

It would be ok for everyone, you can stay and be significantly worse of than all your neighbours if it would not include endless outcry about how unjust it is that everyone around you is now better off...

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Funktownajin t1_j9ksc5v wrote

Like i said i think you are way off the mark, not to mention the assumption that poor people own houses in the neighborhoods they live in.

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[deleted] t1_j9jfu5x wrote

The author brought up the point of freedom from domination, positive rights, and negative rights. That's philosophy.

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Mparker15 t1_j9jns3c wrote

It's interesting that you can completely separate economics and philosophy. Do you have no interest in thinking about material conditions in our world and how they can affect people in positive or negative ways?

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