> Life would be much more pleasant for existing New Yorkers if the city upgraded its transit infrastructure before it allowed the building of massive numbers of

> Life would be much more pleasant for existing New Yorkers if the city upgraded its transit infrastructure before it allowed the building of massive numbers of new apartment buildings. This is true, but essentially making it illegal for new people to move here (by making it impossible to build anything new), doesn't seem to be an appropriate solution. Rather, the MTA should be more under control of the city rather than the state. Further, increased density (and therefore more taxes and subway revenue), should in a reasonable world make it easier to upgrade infrastructure. I get this concern, but the problems of infrastructure in NYC are primarily political, and punishing everyone (including people who just want to rent out their place when they go on a trip themselves), seems unjust. > In 1910, lots of people in NYC were living in tenements with multiple families packed into a couple of rooms. We really don't want to go back to those conditions. Maybe not, but many young single people would love to be allowed to live in a modern 300 square foot microapartment in Manhattan.