Some resources are, others aren't. Land allocation and consequent rent extraction is one of the big issues right now.
Look at Berlin after the wall fell and everything was in chaos, to see how awesome it can be when half a city's real estate is abandoned and nobody knows who owns it, not even the owner. Yes the physical buildings were worse, but the people thrived in this massive adult playground where they could do what they wanted without any higher authority trying to take all their money away.
They've been correcting it over time, as they dig up paperwork from the 1920s saying a certain person owns a certain building, and then that person's heir sells the rights to some development company who comes with pepper spray and batons and kicks out whoever's been living there illegally for 106 years, and turns it into a WeWork.
I think the process is just about finished by now, and the city is just turning into every other big city. In the news recently, Berlin's only remaining shop for electronic components is closing at the end of this year because the landlord quadrupled the rent even though they are currently profitable.
Look at Berlin after the wall fell and everything was in chaos, to see how awesome it can be when half a city's real estate is abandoned and nobody knows who owns it, not even the owner. Yes the physical buildings were worse, but the people thrived in this massive adult playground where they could do what they wanted without any higher authority trying to take all their money away.
They've been correcting it over time, as they dig up paperwork from the 1920s saying a certain person owns a certain building, and then that person's heir sells the rights to some development company who comes with pepper spray and batons and kicks out whoever's been living there illegally for 106 years, and turns it into a WeWork.
I think the process is just about finished by now, and the city is just turning into every other big city. In the news recently, Berlin's only remaining shop for electronic components is closing at the end of this year because the landlord quadrupled the rent even though they are currently profitable.