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Basically every metro area in the country has an affordability problem as defined by cost of housing relative to wages. One of the most affordable growing metro
by shuckles 5y ago
Basically every metro area in the country has an affordability problem as defined by cost of housing relative to wages. One of the most affordable growing metros is Houston, which has no zoning.
- tadfisher 5y agoIf that is your only metric by which to judge, then Houston is a roaring success. Include just about any other factor in your judgment, such as walkability, health outcomes, education quality, or disaster resilience to name a few, you might consider Houston's zoning strategy to be batshit insane.
- shuckles 5y agoI’m not arguing that all zoning is bad. I was responding to the claim that SFZ is irrelevant to affordability.
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoJudging by how many people are moving from places like SF and NYC to places like Houston I think people prioritize affordable housing over all the secondary luxuries. <insert low effort quip about consumers being cheapskates and not knowing what's good for them here>