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> You can make more cars but not land. Lots of land exists, the issue is desirable cities, and western countries have gotten really bad at making those. China
by com2kid 5y ago
> You can make more cars but not land.
Lots of land exists, the issue is desirable cities, and western countries have gotten really bad at making those.
China spent the first decade of the 21st century creating urban cities left and right, ignore the western propaganda of "ghost cities", and also spent time urbanizing what America would consider "suburban" towns.
Meanwhile western nations are dead set on never increasing the # of desirable urban environments, and then it is all surprise Pikachu when house prices skyrocket.
- mrkstu 5y agoWhole states like Idaho and Utah have seen skyrocketing prices for homes- this is in no way limited to specific urban environments.
- pempem 5y agoIf we take out the pandemic impact, does that still hold true for Utah and Idaho?
- dragonwriter 5y ago> If we take out the pandemic impact How do you reliably isolate the effect of the pandemic from other effects occurring at the same time?