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> then you need to find enough voters that would take a X% haircut on their investment in their own home Or build entire new cities. This is what the UK did af
by MagnumOpus 7y ago
> then you need to find enough voters that would take a X% haircut on their investment in their own home
Or build entire new cities. This is what the UK did after WW2 [0], building dozens of new cities of 100k to 250k people, most notably Milton Keynes, Peterborough and Northampton.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_towns_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_towns_in_the_United_Kingdo...
- kmlx 7y agofor the UK in particular that would not bring the housing costs down. you can build as many houses as you want, the prices in the UK will still be high.