| ▲ | ssl-3 6 days ago |
| The people of the United States are broadly free to build a home wherever they can afford to, comrade, including on land that would otherwise be used for farming. (Actual answer: I know a bunch of people who live in houses in the middle of seemingly-nowhere in rural Ohio, and almost none of them farm anything at all. They just seem to like the space and the quiet and the desolate isolation. The only farmer who I know is my parents' neighbor, who has a house few miles away from their place.) |
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| ▲ | amanaplanacanal 6 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| Depends where you live. In my state you pretty much cannot build any kind of residence on land that is zoned for agriculture. |
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| ▲ | bluGill 6 days ago | parent [-] | | Generally you are allowed on resident per 40 acres or something similar - farms are getting larger and that leaves plenty of land that doesn't have a house that could. |
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| ▲ | fragmede 6 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| I like your version of America. Sadly, California's not that free. Some billionaire can't just buy up some land and just put in apartment/office/factory tower as they please, the local government and residents just aren't going to stand for that. |
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| ▲ | ssl-3 6 days ago | parent [-] | | That billionaire can probably just buy up some land and put their house there, though, since "affordability" is not part of the equation. (Some adjustments may have to be made, but that's only another also-irrelevant expense.) | | |
| ▲ | thaumasiotes 6 days ago | parent | next [-] | | > That billionaire can probably just buy up some land and put their house there, though, since "affordability" is not part of the equation. Not in California; we have an entire bureau, the Coastal Commission, that exists to prevent that very thing. | |
| ▲ | fragmede 6 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-07-22/silicon-... is what I'm referring to | | |
| ▲ | ssl-3 5 days ago | parent [-] | | > The people of the United States are broadly free to build a home vs > The tech billionaires backing a proposal to raise a brand-new city --- I think I see where the disconnect here is: We seem to be talking about completely different things. |
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