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And Manhattan is hardly maximum density. Home building there is as constrained by zoning as it is anywhere else
by kgermino 3y ago
And Manhattan is hardly maximum density. Home building there is as constrained by zoning as it is anywhere else
- mancerayder 3y agoHow come no one talks about infrastructure? Pre pandemic the subway lines like the 45 were at peak capacity.
- MrMorden 3y agoSo fix MTA. Their system expansion budget is currently $15B/year, so at the costs of a low-wage, low-regulation, totally ununionized country like (checks notes) Norway, they could be building 60 km of new lines per year.
- mancerayder 3y agoJust like that we'll fix the MTA with the wave of a hand. The MTA that spent billions and a decade for a couple of stations. In a mono party City/State where unions are tied to the party machine. Good luck.
- TheCoelacanth 3y agoIt's not like infrastructure is free outside of Manhattan. Federal, state and local spending in the US on roads adds up to around a quarter of a trillion dollars per year.