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Local control (and the perverse incentives that operate at that level) is exactly what's causing the problem. State-level intervention is the achievable way to
by surrealize 8y ago
Local control (and the perverse incentives that operate at that level) is exactly what's causing the problem. State-level intervention is the achievable way to fix it.
Homeowners in a city have an incentive to block housing construction. That hurts everyone who commutes into that city; those people deserve a say too, and they have one at the state level.
- mceoin 8y ago> That hurts everyone who commutes into that city; those people deserve a say too, and they have one at the state level. That's a fair point. (Although I would prefer to see it solved through fiscal incentives since the state is the one paying for transit construction.)