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Even if 2 went away overnight and zoning didn't exist... it would take probably a decade for supply to catch up to demand.
by micromacrofoot 5y ago
Even if 2 went away overnight and zoning didn't exist... it would take probably a decade for supply to catch up to demand.
- dimitrios1 5y agoEven if 2 went away and zoning didn't exist, you would still have the banal, inane mountains of bureaucratic spaghetti that slow the process down every step it can, so some of that would have to go as well. AFAIK, one of the main reason California has such a large housing shortage isn't NIMBYs or zoning laws, there's plenty of space after all, but ass-backwards regulations, and stupid politics. Builders want to build. Let's make it easier for them to do that.
- RappingBoomer 5y agoit's not just zoning that makes it hard to build--it's building codes and environmental regulations
- micromacrofoot 5y agothat’s BS, it’s almost entirely single-family zoning and NIMBYs
- BurningFrog 5y agoYeah, I think about half of the SF Bay Area is nature reserves. Millions of people could live there.