Nobody wants a long commute. You know why people do it? Obviously you can think of it if you try for five seconds. Criminalizing commuting blames the victim of

Nobody wants a long commute. You know why people do it? Obviously you can think of it if you try for five seconds. Criminalizing commuting blames the victim of the housing crisis. Here’s a less cruel and weird law that totally solves the problem. When a city permits a company to build a place for a person to work (an office seat for example or a factory job) the city must also permit a house or apartment. Ya know so the person who works there can live there without displacing someone else. Because the guy with the shiny new job can afford an expensive place to live. You know who can’t? The bus driver who hasn’t had a raise in ten years. The librarian. The school teacher. The grocery store checker. They all get pushed further and further away. You think they like waking up at five to get to work by 8? People commute to Mountain View CA because the city added 30,000 jobs and zero new houses for a decade. Had the city been forced by law to permit the housing it 100% would have gotten built. There was space, there were plans, there were requests. The city did not permit the construction. If you don’t believe me see the vacant lot at 1601 Bayshore pkwy. Zoned for hotel, a vacant muddy lot because nobody wants or needs a hotel there. You know what people want and need? A 50 story dense condo building. You know why it doesn’t exist? Because it is not permitted by the city. (by the way permit is a fun word. Consider for a few moments the two meanings that apply in this case and how they collapse into one) But never mind, blame the victims.