> either it's a lottery or it's priced out to most people
Exactly. I guess there's a third option, which is that it's simply closed, but that would only be OK if the residents unanimously want it that way and I doubt that's ever the case. The sentiment behind all articles like this is that the authors think access to $whatever should be more exclusive. I wonder how many would advocate for that if they knew they would be among the excluded. Darn few, I suspect.
Exactly. I guess there's a third option, which is that it's simply closed, but that would only be OK if the residents unanimously want it that way and I doubt that's ever the case. The sentiment behind all articles like this is that the authors think access to $whatever should be more exclusive. I wonder how many would advocate for that if they knew they would be among the excluded. Darn few, I suspect.