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Originally Posted by Crawford
I'm not sure most self-identified progressive would label "pro growth" as a progressive identifier. I get why people on SSP include it, but no way is some stereotypical Occupy Portland protestor supporting highrise condo development.
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Even though in Brazil urban growth is not part of heated political debate as in many US cities, I don't see the average left-winger down here being pro-development at all. Any new residential highrise is called
especulação imobiliária ("real estate speculation" in a free translation).
Needless to say that's only a very silly catch-phrase, after all, building a tower in a plot where there was a detached house or a parking lot is precisely the opposite of "speculation". They're putting the land to some use while the former were waiting for prices to rise and sell in a distant future or never.