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We can act like this is an issue of social services or redistribution or other cool left wing causes, but this is simply an issue of arithmetic. If we want to h
by yummyfajitas 11y ago
We can act like this is an issue of social services or redistribution or other cool left wing causes, but this is simply an issue of arithmetic. If we want to house more people, we need more houses. In spite of what you read in the newspapers, there is no construction boom:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Z81YIgZSAAtqpp-6AihL8f1CBXbcFJIlhVy_WMy9XDU/edit#gid=713809792 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Z81YIgZSAAtqpp-6AihL...
Either build more houses or accept that some people will go without.
- morgante 11y agoI agree with that viewpoint (major cities need to stop constricting the housing supply), but arguably it's also a problem of demand entitlement. There are places in this country where he could have bought a small house with the $30k buy-out he got. Living in an expensive city and working in an artistic profession is a choice.
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