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We get urban sprawl and people building towns and homes in wildly inappropriate areas, such as forests. Which is why you see people's house going up in flames d
by kiba 3y ago
We get urban sprawl and people building towns and homes in wildly inappropriate areas, such as forests. Which is why you see people's house going up in flames due to wildfire.
Meanwhile, human habitation continues to be a very small portion of land usage. We like living in metropolitan areas for a reason.
Anyway, we get a lot of benefit from immigration. I don't suggest we stop, but rather that we should adjust to demand. Nimbyism and zoning is still a problem especially with urban sprawl.
- NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago> Anyway, we get a lot of benefit from immigration. Sure. But that doesn't mean that there's no tradeoff. Be aware of it.
- kiba 3y agoWe can't really talk about tradeoff of immigration if we have grossly inefficient land usage patterns and the ability to construct enough home if we so choose.