Live by rent control, die by rent control. Move out of evil Frisco.
Frisco is in Texas.
One classic rent control story involves the recently-deceased Bill Cunningham, the fashion photographer for The New York Times.
For most of his life, Mr. Cunningham lived in a rent-controlled apartment in the top of Carnegie Hall. It was small and he shared a bathroom with three other tenants. But the rent was only $600 a month, and would never rise as long as he and the other tenants lived there.
A few years back, the building’s owner decided more money could be made by getting the tenants to move out and develop the area into a luxury condos. At one point, they were actually offering the renters $300-$500,000 to leave. If I’m not mistaken, most declined the offer, so the landlord had to wait until they passed to redevelop the space.