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arrow-up1225arrow-down1external-linkCalifornia Is Exploring High-Speed Buses That Connect LA and San Francisco in Just Over 3 Hoursgizmodo.comDiplomjodler@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square69fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months ago The private property between SF and LA keeps increasing in price so the costs for the project are in the billions before anything is even built. Damn, if only eminent domain existed
minus-squarelama@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoEven with eminent domain though you still have to pay market value. Edit: Not that they shouldn’t do it. It would still be worth it in the long run
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoGovernments can have a funny way of determining market value based on whether they like you or not. Just point to a row of buildings and declare “slum clearance”. Suddenly, you can get them for a steal.
Damn, if only eminent domain existed
Even with eminent domain though you still have to pay market value. Edit: Not that they shouldn’t do it. It would still be worth it in the long run
Governments can have a funny way of determining market value based on whether they like you or not.
Just point to a row of buildings and declare “slum clearance”. Suddenly, you can get them for a steal.