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Limiting immigration is one way to control demand.
by gadders 3y ago
Limiting immigration is one way to control demand.
- klyrs 3y agoWho then will build new houses?
- hoseja 3y agoAlso changing culture to discourage people from aggregating in hustle and bustle anthills.
- thfuran 3y agoCities are far more efficient than having everyone smeared across vast swaths of suburbia. And changing culture in a targeted way is not exactly an easy thing to do.
- dukeyukey 3y agoReversing the entire Industrial Revolution seems harder than just building more houses.
- oblio 3y agoThat's a recipe for urban/suburban sprawl and an absolute disaster for the environment. Even low density housing through basic human presence distorts natural environments. It's basically like this in terms of environmental impact: No humans >>>>>>>>>>> a few humans >>> many humans >> enormous amounts of humans.
- harimau777 3y agoI don't think that's possible (other than indirectly such as by improving high speed rail so people can benefit from cities without living there). By their nature cities provide greater access to desirable amenities such as art, culture, museums, and niche hobbies.
- hoseja 3y agoArt, culture, museums, and niche hobbies are only desirable if the culture (other meaning) deems them desirable.
- konschubert 3y agoSure. You can pass a law that only New Yorkers are allowed to live in New York. Is it passed on by birth right? I guess that’s the city of liberty for you then.
- gadders 3y agoI was more thinking on a national scale.
- ProcNetDev 3y agoOr you could leave.
- konschubert 3y agoHow does that make it better? I think there are valid reasons to want to control immigration, supply of housing isn’t one of them.
- gadders 3y agoYou don't think that immigrants need a place to live? The more demand you have for a thing, the higher the price goes.
- konschubert 3y agoBig that’s easy to solve by building more.
- eli_gottlieb 3y agoIs there any actual numerical evidence that international immigration is on the same scale as intra-national migration as a source of housing demand?