> Talking to a few activists about this solution and most of them say that "building your way" out of it only makes sense if you are also building affordable h

> Talking to a few activists about this solution and most of them say that "building your way" out of it only makes sense if you are also building affordable housing. That's because you're talking to the wrong people. Talk to urban planners instead. As a rule of thumb, activists lacking specialized technical education are useful for pointing to problems and useless for pointing to solutions.