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throwaway85825 • today at 4:53 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

When commercial rents aren't artificially inflated it allows for a greater diversity of businesses. There are tons of businesses that could exist if the government wasnt so intent on running a plantation economy.


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epolanski • today at 4:56 PM

I'm not sure what government has to do with it, it doesn't set the price of rents.

Rents do get progressively lower in distressed areas because they are distressed, and higher in high demand ones, but that's not enough when less customers are entering your shops anyway.

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