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For a society, it seems beneficial to spread the wealth out a bit so there's development throughout the country. IMO, our government should be focusing on impro
by TheAdamAndChe 10y ago
For a society, it seems beneficial to spread the wealth out a bit so there's development throughout the country. IMO, our government should be focusing on improving society instead of corporations.
- adrianN 10y agoWhy is that beneficial for the society? I don't think that's as clear cut as you make it to be. Cities are pretty efficient things.
- TheAdamAndChe 10y agoWealth concentration to cities has lots of drawbacks. Housing can get incredibly expensive, mental illness rates go up, local government reflects the people less because of the larger population, and people feel like they need to upend their entire family just to live a quality life. There are tons of places in SF, NYC and others where there are 6 men in a 2 bedroom apartment. All that just so that corporations can reap the benefits of a higher worker density. That's no way to structure a society.
- davidf18 10y agoThe reason that housing is expensive and perhaps that mental illness rates go up is because of politically induced market failure in the form of zoning density restrictions. It is an artificial constraint that is readily fixed. See my post higher up in this chain.