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		refurb on July 27, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Europe embraces rent controls, a policy that never... You’re ignoring history. Rent control resulted in dilapidated buildings being burnt down for insurance money in NYC.

SiempreViernes on July 27, 2019 [–]

How is a bit of arson a contradiction to the statement that NY isn’t a failed city?

koolba on July 27, 2019 | [–]

The city does not have to totally fail for its housing policies to be a failure.

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