[HN Gopher] The Teton Pass collapsed in the most economically un...
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       The Teton Pass collapsed in the most economically unequal county in
       the country
        
       Author : rntn
       Score  : 30 points
       Date   : 2024-07-05 20:40 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | tony_cannistra wrote:
       | To those interested in these dynamics - particularly the
       | interactions between massive wealth, inequality, and the natural
       | world - I'd recommend "Billionaire Wilderness" by Justin Farrell.
       | 
       | https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691176673/bi...
        
       | ahepp wrote:
       | I would love to hear proposals about what a good and fair society
       | under these conditions could look like. 20k people live in the
       | county and it sounds like there really isn't any way to
       | meaningfully increase housing supply. So who gets to live there?
       | 
       | The bad news is I don't see any satisfactory solution to these
       | problems. The good news is it's a problem I'll never be lucky
       | enough to have.
        
         | alexwasserman wrote:
         | Property taxation based on income location? If you're earning
         | out of state, or neighboring state, get a high property tax
         | bill.
         | 
         | Or, non-primary residence high bills?
         | 
         | Much lower property tax bills for working in-state?
        
         | saulpw wrote:
         | > So who gets to live there?
         | 
         | How about, people who actually want to live there? It sounds
         | like a lot of the problem is "overdevelopment", that is,
         | building second/third homes for people who only live there
         | part-time (but whose property needs to be maintained full-
         | time).
         | 
         | So one potential solution could include a tax on vacant
         | property. I'm sure there are other ideas people have had and
         | tried in other locations with varying degrees of success. Your
         | statement of "I don't see any satisfactory solution" amounts to
         | a hopeless framing of the debate that starts and ends with
         | "we've tried nothing and it hasn't worked". The good news is
         | that you can simply cut the second paragraph of your comment
         | and it would be measurably improved as it would be more
         | inviting to constructive commentary.
        
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