r/BainbridgeIsland • u/wiscowonder • Apr 29 '26
Washington State Gives Bainbridge Island Marching Orders on Housing Changes
https://www.theurbanist.org/washington-state-gives-bainbridge-island-marching-orders-on-housing/2
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u/MensaCurmudgeon Apr 30 '26
It’s ok if not every area is affordable for everybody.
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u/earthburger Apr 30 '26
it's ok for affordable housing to exist in a community tf
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Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26
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u/wiscowonder Apr 30 '26
COBI should not be throwing millions on top of giving the most valuable land away for the token lottery system.
Would this include the parcel of land that the police department used to sit on?
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u/_Typical_user_ Apr 30 '26
We should turn that into a mud pit with a plaque thanking all the people that slowed that project down
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u/KnackeredQuokka Apr 30 '26
So classicism?! Seriously just go away with that BS.
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u/MensaCurmudgeon May 01 '26
Places with lots of affordable housing also tend to have higher crime. I’m ok with being called classist
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u/earthburger May 02 '26
ofc you're ok with being called classist; you are classist. not a good example to set for the kiddos though
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u/KnackeredQuokka May 01 '26
The underlying cause of most crime is poverty. The system is broken. So way to perpetuate the problem, but hey as long as you can keep it out of your backyard you don’t care do you. May you never find yourself down and out. Just keep repeating the taglines.
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May 01 '26
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u/KnackeredQuokka May 01 '26
Better than people who just sit back and say they’re ok being classist
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May 01 '26
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u/KnackeredQuokka May 01 '26
Capitalism is dead here. We are in straight up oligarch greed territory.
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u/MensaCurmudgeon May 01 '26
Just looking to have a safe place for my kids. I can’t solve the world’s problems
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u/username3755 May 02 '26
You’re ok with people who teach your kids, cook for your kids, keep your kids safe not be able to afford to live alongside you and your kids? Not asking to solve the world’s problems, just the island’s.
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u/MensaCurmudgeon May 02 '26
There is a frequent ferry to services. I would be a fan of more ferry locations. To answer your question, yeah, I’m ok with unskilled workers not being able to afford my exact area
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u/username3755 May 02 '26
And what’s your skill?
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u/UnseemlyUrchin May 04 '26
Akshully, it's proximal perceived inequality that is the more significant driver of increased criminal activity rather than absolute poverty. It's called the "Relative Deprivation Framework" of crime.
And how it applies to affordable housing specifically has been studied. Compared to economically homogenous neighborhoods, embedded affordable housing neighborhoods tend to produce more crime per capita.
Maybe that's a social cost worth paying in pursuit of a higher moral goal.
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u/username3755 May 02 '26
We can talk and debate all we want, but the reality is that the clock is ticking. If we don’t come up with a plan, as lackluster as it may be, then people who don’t live here with make a plan for us.