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With the US level of local veto points its going to be impossible for us to ever building housing or power anywhere. Because the system defers to property owne
by handmodel 5y ago
With the US level of local veto points its going to be impossible for us to ever building housing or power anywhere.
Because the system defers to property owners - it gives way too much power to the few who would see some loss compared to the masses who would gain.
I thought this recent Ezra Klein podcast on the issue of local control was great: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/23/podcasts/transcript-ezra-klein-interviews-jerusalem-demsas.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/23/podcasts/transcript-ezra-...