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>Except it's not, building costs are relatively fixed per square foot [...] 100% true. I work as a real estate data researcher. Totally agree suburban sprawl i
by harrumph 9y ago
>Except it's not, building costs are relatively fixed per square foot [...]
100% true. I work as a real estate data researcher. Totally agree suburban sprawl is a significant failure, and we're seeing in this thread yet another example of dragging out the old reliable cop-out "market forces" as a way to pretend that bad decisions made were good decisions. Up is down, sun rises in the west, etc.
We absolutely have got to get out from under this pervasive market fundamentalist quackery.
- jnordwick 9y agoYou can't really evade market forces, you can only dodge them for a limited time. The only solution you are really going to have is fixing housing prices. Sounds like a winning plan!
- dkhenry 9y agoYou don't need to evade market forces, you just need to actually think about the implications of your zoning laws. Allow more high density houses to be built and require them to have family friendly units. Stop subsidizing the suburban sprawl to the detriment of urban development and fix the broken school systems.
- jimmaswell 9y agoUnchecked density isn't a good solution. You can find lots of examples of how that works out in places without zoning laws.