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Housing supply and demand in one screenshot

9 points by DoreenMichele 5y ago

liketochill 5y ago
There are lots of really cheap homes in the USA they either need work or are in undesirable locations or both.
- madengr 5y ago
  Yes. Not everyone has to live in CA. It’s a self compounding problem. Build more housing to allow more jobs which need more housing. Maybe let the free market decide and jobs will spread out into lower cost areas.
- edoceo 5y ago
  There is lots of cheap X, it just sucks.
- mcphage 5y ago
  Yeah, that was a really good point that the article had made, that I hadn’t really put 2 and 2 together about before.
codevark 5y ago
conspiracist 5y ago
Immigration policies are never mentioned because they are a taboo topic, which already means we are winking with one eye as we are giving Zizekesque reasonings and conclusions.
kiba 5y ago
Ok, I kept getting the message on hacker news that housing supply can only be solved with more housing supply. But what can we do as individuals?
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- scrivna 5y ago
  Build a house? Or many? Start a house-building start-up and get tech VC money interested in it, claim there’s some AI or put them on the blockchain and make a mobile app or something and VC’s will poor cash in to your lap faster than you can build em…… but alas, always the problem is red tape, “zoning” and probably NIMBY-ism
jtbayly 5y ago
I don’t get it. The one screenshot is meaningless to me.
- fcoury 5y ago
  I feel a tiny bit less stupid now. It's also meaningless to me :-)
- dariusj18 5y ago
  It also doesn't match the intent. There seems to be a multi-unit four story building that could fit all the people on the right.
aaron695 5y ago
Need more pods. Although I'm not a fan of the derogatory nature of the word, if anyone could invent the capsule hotels were saw in our heads reading cyber punk over the reality that would be good I think it's mostly fire safety issues you have to solve. Not sure you'll solve the actual issue around building permissions and NIMBY. The population has become to easy to control. It's too easy blaming poverty on the 1% not where it lies, mainstream America.

liketochill 5y ago

There are lots of really cheap homes in the USA they either need work or are in undesirable locations or both.

madengr 5y ago
Yes. Not everyone has to live in CA. It’s a self compounding problem. Build more housing to allow more jobs which need more housing. Maybe let the free market decide and jobs will spread out into lower cost areas.
edoceo 5y ago
There is lots of cheap X, it just sucks.
mcphage 5y ago
Yeah, that was a really good point that the article had made, that I hadn’t really put 2 and 2 together about before.

codevark 5y ago

conspiracist 5y ago

Immigration policies are never mentioned because they are a taboo topic, which already means we are winking with one eye as we are giving Zizekesque reasonings and conclusions.

kiba 5y ago

Ok, I kept getting the message on hacker news that housing supply can only be solved with more housing supply. But what can we do as individuals?

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scrivna 5y ago
Build a house? Or many? Start a house-building start-up and get tech VC money interested in it, claim there’s some AI or put them on the blockchain and make a mobile app or something and VC’s will poor cash in to your lap faster than you can build em…… but alas, always the problem is red tape, “zoning” and probably NIMBY-ism

jtbayly 5y ago

I don’t get it. The one screenshot is meaningless to me.

fcoury 5y ago
I feel a tiny bit less stupid now. It's also meaningless to me :-)
dariusj18 5y ago
It also doesn't match the intent. There seems to be a multi-unit four story building that could fit all the people on the right.

aaron695 5y ago

Need more pods. Although I'm not a fan of the derogatory nature of the word, if anyone could invent the capsule hotels were saw in our heads reading cyber punk over the reality that would be good I think it's mostly fire safety issues you have to solve. Not sure you'll solve the actual issue around building permissions and NIMBY. The population has become to easy to control. It's too easy blaming poverty on the 1% not where it lies, mainstream America.