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You'll probably need to wait a generation or two, assuming the states don't fall into theocracy. The millennial queers I know are a lot more well-adjusted than

You'll probably need to wait a generation or two, assuming the states don't fall into theocracy. The millennial queers I know are a lot more well-adjusted than us Gen X'ers.

zanny 8y ago
The silent majority of bigots isn't abating though. I just thought of a new conspiracy theory! The housing crisis is largely political and structural to zoning laws. A large part of the reason why forces to conspire to keep it going (because in practice its bad for everyone - rezoned higher density areas would sell for way more per unit of space to condo building developers than as single family dwellings, so both home owners and buyers are disadvantaged by it) is to abate the migration of youth into urban environments. In perfect economics the cheapest place to live should be in the city - your per capita infrastructure costs are the lowest when density is the highest, and larger scale condo buildings are cheaper per tenant than single family housing by an order of magnitude. But because of draconian zoning law and NIMBYism cities are rapidly, way beyond the average, costing preposterous amounts of money to live in, and its a self perpetuating cycle - unmet demand for inward migration drives up prices and nothing is relieving that pressure. So by keeping kids out of cities and stuck in their parents hometowns you can keep them isolated, bigoted, conservative. At least that seems to be what the hope is, and while some escape the ideology trap of small towns the majority of people who grow up there adhere strictly to their culture without deviation. So its probably working to slow the liberalization of the millennial generation. Thats my tin foil hat moment for the year!
- mr_toad 8y ago
  > rezoned higher density areas would sell for way more per unit of space to condo building developers than as single family dwellings, so both home owners and buyers are disadvantaged by it Sellers are disadvantaged by zoning. But it’s their neighbours who are the NIMBYs.

You'll probably need to wait a generation or two, assuming the states don't fall into theocracy. The millennial queers I know are a lot more well-adjusted than us Gen X'ers.

zanny 8y ago

The silent majority of bigots isn't abating though. I just thought of a new conspiracy theory! The housing crisis is largely political and structural to zoning laws. A large part of the reason why forces to conspire to keep it going (because in practice its bad for everyone - rezoned higher density areas would sell for way more per unit of space to condo building developers than as single family dwellings, so both home owners and buyers are disadvantaged by it) is to abate the migration of youth into urban environments. In perfect economics the cheapest place to live should be in the city - your per capita infrastructure costs are the lowest when density is the highest, and larger scale condo buildings are cheaper per tenant than single family housing by an order of magnitude. But because of draconian zoning law and NIMBYism cities are rapidly, way beyond the average, costing preposterous amounts of money to live in, and its a self perpetuating cycle - unmet demand for inward migration drives up prices and nothing is relieving that pressure. So by keeping kids out of cities and stuck in their parents hometowns you can keep them isolated, bigoted, conservative. At least that seems to be what the hope is, and while some escape the ideology trap of small towns the majority of people who grow up there adhere strictly to their culture without deviation. So its probably working to slow the liberalization of the millennial generation. Thats my tin foil hat moment for the year!

mr_toad 8y ago
> rezoned higher density areas would sell for way more per unit of space to condo building developers than as single family dwellings, so both home owners and buyers are disadvantaged by it Sellers are disadvantaged by zoning. But it’s their neighbours who are the NIMBYs.