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Politician just respond to their constituents wishes. "We should build more houses" Proposals for for new development. "... not here."
by em500 3y ago
Politician just respond to their constituents wishes.
"We should build more houses"
Proposals for for new development.
"... not here."
- TulliusCicero 3y agoI don't deny it. People want more housing, just not right next to them. Move the decisionmaking authority for zoning to the metro or state level where this sort of local regulatory capture is harder. Get more new housing spread everywhere, rather than concentrated in the few spots that are okay with it (or are too politically weak to stop it). The current setup is kind of a prisoner's dilemma. Ideally everyone would approve housing next to them and that would be the impact almost everywhere would be small, since new construction would be spread out, and housing prices would go down a lot. But if you choose to opt out of new housing, well, then you get to deal with zero new construction, which for many people is an improvement. But then if everyone does that, hardly any new housing.