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“Tear Down the Burren” by jefftk
I love the
Burren.
It hosts something like seven weekly
sessions in a
range of styles and the back room has hosted many great acts including
many
of my
friends. It's a key space in
the Boston folk scene, and it's under threat from developers who
want
to tear it down.
But after thinking it through, and noting that this puts me on the
other side from many of my friends, I think the project should go
ahead. The proposal isn't to tear down paradise to put up a parking
lot, it's to put up 500+ apartments (studio, 1br, 2br, 3br), 100+
of them limited to people below income thresholds ('affordable').
We're in the middle of a housing crisis, where instead of
letting people build up to meet demand we've been competing with
each other to bid up the apartments that do exist. Rising
rent has [...]
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First published:
February 4th, 2025
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/dz4eNgfx726cgtpCB/tear-down-the-burren
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By LessWrongI love the
Burren.
It hosts something like seven weekly
sessions in a
range of styles and the back room has hosted many great acts including
many
of my
friends. It's a key space in
the Boston folk scene, and it's under threat from developers who
want
to tear it down.
But after thinking it through, and noting that this puts me on the
other side from many of my friends, I think the project should go
ahead. The proposal isn't to tear down paradise to put up a parking
lot, it's to put up 500+ apartments (studio, 1br, 2br, 3br), 100+
of them limited to people below income thresholds ('affordable').
We're in the middle of a housing crisis, where instead of
letting people build up to meet demand we've been competing with
each other to bid up the apartments that do exist. Rising
rent has [...]
---
First published:
February 4th, 2025
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/dz4eNgfx726cgtpCB/tear-down-the-burren
---
Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
---
Images from the article:
Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.
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