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Originally Posted by chickentribs
With a commercial interest it is trickier, but what if the decision is between moving 20 homeowners vs. watching 3000 jobs go somewhere else? Sure the city wants the tax revenue, but your neighbors need the jobs too. And you can't allow one or two people to hold out and negotiate your tax dollars away because of a "fair market" struggle, it has to be all or none.
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I don't agree that the government should be able to force one private citizen to sell to another private citizen. It is not legal in Norwood either that's why they had to declare the area as a blight.
Just because someone is willing to build something more expensive or that will generate more taxes should not be reason enough to take private property. There are many areas where developers are willing to demolish older inexpensive homes and put up several expensive megahouses on the same lot but the government should not be able to force the old homeowners out.
If the developers want the property then they should buy it on the open market just like the rest of us. It is the cost of doing business and the polititians should stay out of it. I'm sure the polititians would welcome the additional revenue by replacing the older inexpensive houses but it is just not right. Many developers contribute heavily to the polititians but the government should not be for sale. How naive does that sound,
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