kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Sat Aug 27, 2022 3:08 pm
Buyer always beware. But its part of the equation. And when policing stops, its not good for values.
I'd ask -How do you stop azzhole behavior?
Crime/annoying behavior lowers property value and drives away customers.
I'm not suggesting criminalizing one minor/criminal offense. I'm suggesting criminalizing multiple offenses.
Total disregard of neighbors. And there is a lot of it in Baltimore City. Dirt bikes, open container use, sidewalk sale of drugs. It's part of the reason Baltimore's population is on a steady decline:
2015- 622,150 -0.16
2016- 615,849 -1.01
2017- 609,841 -0.98
2018- 602,495 -1.20
2019- 593,961 -1.42
2020- 585,708 -1.39
2021 * 583,951 -0.30
2022 * 576,864 -1.21
I understand but I don’t know how you create natural consequences, which means Justice, when criminalizing nuisance behavior.
I just don’t love a county where we want to criminalize actions because “how do you stop jerk behavior”? Just not what govt is for and frankly the citizens get the govt they deserve mostly (for better or worse). But there has to be better ways than making people criminals. Would there be sidewalk sales if soem if these drugs were decriminalized or legalized? My hometown is much smaller but went from 80-90k to half that in 25yrs. It’s happening in a ton of former industrial large cities and not just in the coast. Pittsburg is doing better but was left for dead. Ft wayne IN was basically redlined by Fan/Fred in multifamily Finance for years in the past two decades. Spent any time in Hartford, Mt Vernon, Poughkeepsie, Pawtucket, Providence, Syracuse, Rochester, Lehigh valley PA, massive parts of OH & KY?
Bart has its problems but some of this is demographic changes over time. There’s drugs a plenty in Atlanta but look at the home values there. There’s crime. I’ve had two break ins on my car in four years and lost three laptops with a ton of my life not on the cloud. My home keeps going up in value.
Civil and regulatory penalties are the answer somehow I believe. Or everyone needs to try a little harder rather than running away and complaining about it.