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New comment by idbnstra in "California is chasing wealth that has feet"

idbnstra — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 02:20:17 +0000

“I think people shouldn’t be displaced from their neighborhoods because of lack of affordability”

I didn’t mention gentrification in the above sentence. Does that mean I’m ignoring the problem?

New comment by idbnstra in "California is chasing wealth that has feet"

idbnstra — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 01:38:02 +0000

Since so much of land value is in downtowns, in a theoretical shift to land value tax, most of the increased land value revenue would come from vacant and underdeveloped parcels downtown. The median tax burden on single or multi family homes would actually be reduced. An example is this model of Spokane: https://landeconomics.org/reports/spokane-report#:~:text=sin...

And a lot of the time, it’s those truly rich people who own those vacant/underdeveloped parcels in downtowns.

New comment by idbnstra in "California is chasing wealth that has feet"

idbnstra — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 23:18:35 +0000

https://www.openavmkit.com

New comment by idbnstra in "California is chasing wealth that has feet"

idbnstra — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 23:09:13 +0000

those who advocate for land value tax are usually advocating for single/minimal types of taxes (and, in fact, against sales and income taxes) rather than a cocktail of them. "Single Tax" predominantly refers to a single land value tax. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_tax

New comment by idbnstra in "California is chasing wealth that has feet"

idbnstra — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 21:50:21 +0000

I'm curious what costs you think will roll downhill and why

New comment by idbnstra in "California is chasing wealth that has feet"

idbnstra — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 21:47:50 +0000

why is that?

California is chasing wealth that has feet

idbnstra — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 20:34:32 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.landeconomics.org/p/california-is-chasing-wealth-that

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49836419

Points: 290

# Comments: 852

The Fine-Grained City Needs an Operating System

idbnstra — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:38:05 +0000

Article URL: https://courtyardurbanist.com/p/the-fine-grained-city-needs-an-operating

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49820524

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by idbnstra in "Transit rewards"

idbnstra — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:46:42 +0000

this is a great example of why we need to shift to land value / Georgist taxes everywhere

New comment by idbnstra in "GPT-6 Sol and Luna"

idbnstra — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:47:38 +0000

yeah, while gpt-6 is impressive, is it really as impressive as people thought it would be back in the times of gpt 3.5 or 4? let alone "omg ai acceleration agi" levels of impressive?

New comment by idbnstra in "GPT-6 Sol and Luna"

idbnstra — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:22:22 +0000

> and... talking to your own kids?

i don't doubt they're pushing for using AI for that, but i'm curious of examples of where they're doing this. commercials, ads, etc.

New comment by idbnstra in "Microsoft exec called AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history'"

idbnstra — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:44:02 +0000

[2] this is why we need georgism, i.e. shifting taxes to finite resources like land, minerals, etc.

New comment by idbnstra in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)"

idbnstra — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:57:45 +0000

an open source van camping map to see where you're allowed to park/sleep/drive etc. based on BLM, state park, OSM, and other free to use data

New comment by idbnstra in "Ask HN: Career paths to consider if I am better at supporting than creating?"

idbnstra — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 20:03:46 +0000

Do you usually need experience in sales to land a sales engineer job?

New comment by idbnstra in "Show HN: Kadō – open-source habit tracker, with non-binary habit score, for iOS"

idbnstra — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 19:22:52 +0000

i saw there is in app purchases, what is that for?

New comment by idbnstra in "Dutch central bank moves share of gold from U.S., Canada to London"

idbnstra — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:12:58 +0000

yes! we need ranked choice voting everywhere!

New comment by idbnstra in "Ask HN: Good large format (>20 inches) touchscreen E-Paper display options?"

idbnstra — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:39:37 +0000

personally i don't have a single use case in mind, except that it would simply be awesome to have a computer run off of solar power

New comment by idbnstra in "Show HN: SubSmith – Turn your own videos into language-learning material"

idbnstra — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:19:20 +0000

even for "tech savvy" people, it's great to have an easier to use UX, or at least have the option to

New comment by idbnstra in "Show HN: ReadPlusOne – Spanish stories built around the words you're learning"

idbnstra — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:29:30 +0000

are you considering adding more languages soon? i’d love this for french!

New comment by idbnstra in "How I Read Books"

idbnstra — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:22:56 +0000

which essays do you read every 3 months? open to hearing from more than just the OP too