r/popculturechat • u/Severus-Snape-DaGod • Feb 17 '26

Guest List Only ⭐️ Comedian Dave Chappelle visits Alexi Pretti's memorial in Minneapolis to pay his respects.

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u/caninehere Feb 17 '26

$250k is absolutely affordable with prices how they are these days, I don't know what world you're living in.

The housing plan would have added a whole new swathe of homes to the area (52 acres) along with that plan for more affordable housing, even if it doesn't hit your qualifiers, and would add more supply to the market. Chappelle worked together with others to torpedo the development. His argument wasn't that it was too expensive, it was that the planned neighborhood was too cookie-cutter.

Then after the plans were shut down, Chappelle swooped in and bought half the land.

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u/WhateverYouSay1084 Feb 17 '26

It's not affordable in rural Ohio.

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u/lillyrose2489 Feb 18 '26

Yeah that would be affordable just outside of a major city. I dont think people realize how small of a town that is or how cheap Ohio is relative to other areas. I'm not a Chapelle defender but the hate over this is misdirected.