raggedtoad t1_j6kihlg wrote on January 30, 2023 at 11:41 PM

Reply to comment by WelcomeToTheBough in Evictions in Maine shot up during 2022, with filings growing 27% by iwantmypinkshirtback

So if we built 200,000 units of housing in Maine overnight, just for the sake of argument, your claim is that 200,000 people would appear out of nowhere and rents would continue to climb?

C'mon, man.

[deleted] t1_j6kkyu7 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 11:58 PM

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raggedtoad t1_j6ku00d wrote on January 31, 2023 at 1:04 AM

It's a debate strategy. I'm picking an absurd extreme to make a point, which is that reality lies somewhere between my extreme and what the person I'm arguing with is saying.

We can't have a rational debate based solely on platitudes and ideologies. I am 100% sure that more housing fixes housing shortages.

[deleted] t1_j6kvc38 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 1:14 AM

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raggedtoad t1_j6kwmso wrote on January 31, 2023 at 1:23 AM

If you even read my comment a few spots up this thread you'd already know my stance on that.

It doesn't matter if developers build higher end new stuff (which they largely will), because it still frees up older and less desirable supply which should be renting for a lot less than it is.

If you want the Old Port to look like it did in the 1970s, enact a bunch of restrictive rent control and lower income construction requirements and wait 20 years.

The Old Port is literally the charming hipster foodie destination it is because people with money want to live there...