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People don’t believe it, but cities used to be cheap. I wasn't really aware of this, but was just wondering about it the other day, as it seems like logically
by NickM 3y ago
People don’t believe it, but cities used to be cheap.
I wasn't really aware of this, but was just wondering about it the other day, as it seems like logically they should be cheaper; economies of scale ought to help for both housing and infrastructure, I would think. Interesting to hear that expensive cities aren't necessarily inevitable.
- zachkatz 3y agoBasically all the housing in NYC—from the brownstones in Bed-Stuy to the high rises on the Upper East Side—were built during the early 20th century when there was a huge population boom, to provide affordable housing for literally millions of people. We need to keep doing that. NYC doesn’t need a few thousand more apartments—it needs hundreds of thousands more apartments.