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Maybe if California finally begins to fix it's housing issues the overflow to other west coast areas (E.G. Seattle, Portland (Oregon), maybe even Vancouver BC)
by mjevans 5y ago
Maybe if California finally begins to fix it's housing issues the overflow to other west coast areas (E.G. Seattle, Portland (Oregon), maybe even Vancouver BC) as well as surely all the other cities will feel a tiny bit of relief. Though most of these places have their own similar issues (E.G. urban growth boundaries or just lack of practical space without increasing density near cities; and also see a recent comment in my history about 'dense' housing not built to quality of life levels that make it desirable to live in.) * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30823426#30825978 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30823426#30825978
- bobkazamakis 5y agothe very cool systems integration between Federal and State in practice seems to mean that California problems are California problems? Similar to the legalization of marijuana by the states, it seems like problems are pushed under the rug until the rug is a few inches off the ground, at which point it finally gets addressed. By nature, this disproportionately impacts anyone who isn't able to simply travel to another state where their a particular issue is not a problem (abortion laws, various tourism, etc). It sounds great for all the states to solve their problems individually, but where do you draw the line and have the government step in to prevent problems from getting bigger in the first place?
- digisign 5y agoYou touch on the fact that it is a nation-wide problem. However the implication is that it would let more people move to California instead of other places isn't a sustainable solution.
- ericmcer 5y agoCalifornia has issues because people are flooding into it. You could just as readily blame Portland for not fixing their housing prices caused by Californians moving up.