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grebc
28 days ago
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Why do commercial spaces sit vacant? (2025)
The people advocating for change in this situation likely advocated for all the impediments you’re providing as to reasons why it’s not supposedly a free market.
Someone bought an asset they could afford to hold in bad times. End of story.
inigyou
28 days ago
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There's something wrong with the structure of the market if people are holding assets they don't need that others could make better use of.
grebc
28 days ago
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As stated earlier: it’s a free market and you’re free to make an offer of sale or lease to utilise the space.
inigyou
28 days ago
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It's actually not a free market.
grebc
27 days ago
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Regulations apply to all markets. Crying you can’t afford something doesn’t mean it’s not free.
inigyou
27 days ago
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If it was free everyone could afford it.
grebc
27 days ago
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I meant
free
as in
free market
but yes continue the incoherence.
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Someone bought an asset they could afford to hold in bad times. End of story.