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I really don't understand this position. The country has a housing crisis because many of the cities in this country do. Removing the connection to the rest of
by spaceheretostay 7y ago
I really don't understand this position. The country has a housing crisis because many of the cities in this country do. Removing the connection to the rest of America is an incorrect way of looking at it because of cause and effect: this is such a big problem in America today that it is affecting people who weren't directly in the housing-short markets themselves.
A weakness in part of America is a weakness for all of America. It works this way with the outside world too - our housing shortages are part of a global problem. We are all in this together. Framing the issues that the world cities have internally as something that isn't a problem for people living elsewhere is just denying that we live in a connected society.
One groups problems affect the other groups.
> And the ones with the worst housing problems have the most restrictive real estate laws.
Do you have a citation for that? I don't believe it's true.
- ericd 7y agoI don’t have sources on hand, but it’s pretty well established that restrictive zoning is one of the major reasons for the shortage of urban housing that doesn’t meet demand (and hence has helped prices to skyrocket).
- MR4D 7y agoIgnore the citation. Come to Houston and see for your own eyes. We don’t have zoning, and laws are pretty lax. HOAs are another story, but that’s a different issue entirely. New York has a problem - we don’t. And I’m not going to solve their problem because they created the set of choices that led to it. What makes America great is all of these cities get to make their own unique set of mistakes. Over time, we figure out as a whole what works and what doesn’t. Some cities can choose to follow that path or ignore it, but either way, it’s that city’s problem, not everyone’s problem.