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This is always such a weird argument to me, because you know who else adds to an economy? People who live and work there. Forcing people to commute in from Jer
by RC_ITR 3y ago
This is always such a weird argument to me, because you know who else adds to an economy? People who live and work there.
Forcing people to commute in from Jersey City is a huge net drain on NYC's economy.
- JamesBarney 3y agoIn a well functioning city you just build more buildings so you can have tourists and locals.
- RC_ITR 3y agoIn a resource constrained world, we have to make trade-offs. That is not indicative of poor functioning. It's like saying 'a well functioning human has a six pack and reads 20 books a week.' Like sure one can do those things, but I think it's probably true of neither of us.