Guys, I know some brown Muslim just enacted rent control and progressive commies hate landlords because they're retarded, but can we not instinctively defend landlords because of that?
Making "only" 100k a year off of owning a property when cost of living is like 75k a year isn't horrible. I get the "landlords will have to cut maintenance costs/reduce services now" argument, but seriously, when was the last time you had a Landlord that actually maintained the property you rented? There's a reason "the landlord special" is a stereotype. Majority of the people stuck in NYC are progressives, Jews, and nonwhite, and I'm assuming the landlords there are scummier than your midwest run of the mill landlord. The only experience I have with landlords is in the south and they have been scummy, like intentionally ripped a bug screen and scratching off wall paint to keep your deposit scummy. They usually hide behind shell "businesses" so they themselves don't have to be responsible for legal repercussions too. I doubt the landlords in New York City are on average any better given what I know of the state, and usually landlords don't even "take a risk" with "investing" because they just get easy approval for loans which they use to purchase houses or units, and use the rent from their tenants to pay off said loan. Its a bit scummy because they end up paying more than a mortgage would cost but the renters generally would not be approved for a mortgage by the banks so can't.
I tend to notice a problem where people instinctively defend the people progressives attack because progressives are insufferable and retarded, the issue is there are real problems progressives are "addressing" but their "solutions" are idiotic. The "conservative" right ignores problems, and that drives some people into commie/progressive shit because they'll atleast admit there is an issue with shit being unaffordable. Sure the medium income in NYC is 100k so the cost of living being 75k doesn't seem that bad, but the medium income is so high because everyone who couldn't afford it left.
The better solution is obviously to deport all the foreigners and enact restrictions on renting to blacks because they heavily drive up maintenance costs with how much destruction they cause, and to hang the foreign agent in charge right now, but yeah they'll never do that. Like with the "walkable" cities and better public transit, progressives are right about it being an issue, the solution is obviously different than what they're saying and involves race, but you can't just say it isn't a problem.
