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The article highlights some silver linings, but the net effect is profoundly negative. The refusal of 3 American cities to grow has made us all substantially p
by cheriot 5y ago
The article highlights some silver linings, but the net effect is profoundly negative.
The refusal of 3 American cities to grow has made us all substantially poorer (New York, San Jose, and San Francisco): https://www.econlib.org/a-correction-on-housing-regulation/ https://www.econlib.org/a-correction-on-housing-regulation/
> revitalize the American heartland while moving America toward a greener, high-tech future
Every time someone moves from the suburbs to a transit connected apartment building in SF their carbon emissions are cut in half.
- rcpt 5y agoMorettis work in this area is so great. I know Obama's already recommending his book but still the research needs more attention. Our housing stupidity could easily wreck our national economy
- Eric_WVGG 5y agoHow is NYC refusing to grow? This city has been exploding in every direction for the ten years I've been here. > Every time someone moves from the suburbs to a transit connected apartment building in SF their carbon emissions are cut in half. I kind of agree, but if these people are truly shifting to remote work, commutes won't be quite as big a deal. (but there are of course a laundry list of other reasons why suburbs are unsustainable)
- cheriot 5y agoI'm less familiar with NYC land use than the other two. However if commute times and rents* are both rising that's a sign there's a problem. Transit and housing need to keep up with the growth in offices. * specifically the share of income spent on rent