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It's hard for coastal people to understand how cheap land and housing is in the interior of the U.S. What constitutes a down payment for a tiny home on the coas
by bane 10y ago
It's hard for coastal people to understand how cheap land and housing is in the interior of the U.S. What constitutes a down payment for a tiny home on the coasts will buy a virtual mansion with a ranch just outside of Houston. There's almost zero economic and social pressure to create the kind of cities we're used to on the coasts (or in Europe or Asia for that matter).
- CalRobert 10y agoThe point is that you're pretty much forced to partake in automobile ownership because everyone else decided buildings should have to be spaced ridiculously far apart. This is either directly, through density maximums, or indirectly, through zoning and parking requirements. Houston may have cheap housing, but it also appears to have much higher commute costs than most US cities. http://cityobservatory.org/introducing-the-sprawl-tax/ http://cityobservatory.org/introducing-the-sprawl-tax/ Anyway, I don't think we even disagree, really. I like green space too. I just hate laws that pretty much force everyone to have a horrible commute because living close enough to your job to walk or cycle, or having enough people in the same space to support transit, is almost illegal.