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Another political solution is for the state government to step in. Growing regional housing and transit is a prisoner's dilemma in the sense that no individual
by jakelarkin 11y ago
Another political solution is for the state government to step in. Growing regional housing and transit is a prisoner's dilemma in the sense that no individual municipality wants put up it's fair share of the cost and necessary changes in zoning. Metro areas with highly fragmented governance like the Bay Area deal with these issues very poorly.
http://www.vox.com/2016/4/6/11370258/honan-zoning-reform-bill http://www.vox.com/2016/4/6/11370258/honan-zoning-reform-bil...
- bdhe 11y agoI think a tragedy of the commons is a better description of the problem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons) than the Prisoner's dilemma (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma). Individual home owners in the cities and towns dotting the Bay Area are still better off not coöperating with each other to increase housing supply.